Writer Quotes · Page 380

I wish I wrote more about the world at more distance from myself.

— Sharon Olds

[Margot Hentoff] was an editor there for a time as well as a writer.

— Nat Hentoff

“All is a-swarm with commentaries: of authors there is a dearth.”

— Michel de Montaigne

Writing is mentally stimulating; it's like a puzzle that makes you think all the time.

— Stephanie Zimbalist

My only dream is to get old and finally have time to read all the books that I'm collecting.

— Gianni Versace

“Write to me Emmi. Writing is like kissing, but without lips. Writing is kissing with the mind.”

— Daniel Glattauer

I'm a writer. I don't support any war. That's my principle.

— Haruki Murakami

There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page or closing the book.

— Anonymous

Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens is an enthralling concoction of history and magic, an absorbing, richly detailed, and heart-wrenching reimagining of a timeless…

— Jennifer Chiaverini

In many ways, writing is the act of saying 'I,' of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying, 'Listen to me, see…

— Joan Didion

It is a terrible thing for an author to have a lot of people running about his book without any invitation from…

— A. A. Milne

I'm reading more than ever. I used to find it tedious, but now it's like my little friend - it takes my…

— Billie Piper

“Being a writer is an amazing job, but we’re all writers, most of us just forget to put our stories down on…

— Colette Freedman

I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on…

— H. P. Lovecraft

Nobody had books at home. My dad was a very educated person, so he would have books at home. All Spanish books.…

— Luis J. Rodriguez

What if there was a library which held every book? Not every book on sale, or every important book, or even every…

— Aaron Swartz

My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply…

— Alan Lightman

We all know that books burn, yet we have the greater knowledge that books cannot be killed by fire. People die, but…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“And when I can't speak it, I write it down. I wish I was different. Wish I was taller, smarter, could talk…

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Like so many of the other books I read, it never seemed to me like a book, but like a place I…

— Anna Quindlen

There are novels that end well, but in between there are human beings acting like human beings. And human beings are not…

— Margaret Atwood

Treasure nothing, be willing to throw out anything. The story you just wrote that you are proud of should not be coddled…

— J. Robert Lennon

Writing, for me, is a combination of objective and subjective approach. You take an objective approach at times to get you through…

— Christopher Nolan

Whatever job I had, I was always writing like crazy. All I ever liked about offices was being able to type up…

— J. K. Rowling

I can't picture going to a beach, or anywhere on vacation, without a couple of books as companions.

— Rosecrans Baldwin

I like when you are telling a story and fall into an impression.

— Bill Hader

“Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure.”

— Ruskin Bond

A writer will not keep quiet. He will express his opinion through writings.

— Gulzar

If we want good stories, writers should be given their due.

— Priyanshu Chatterjee

I tell stories. That's what I do. I've always told stories.

— Sophie Kennedy Clark

When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

In my writing I'm trying to explore the violations people commit upon each other.

— Jamaica Kincaid

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

— Philip Guedalla

Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need.

— Robert Musil

I learned how difficult it is to self-publish a book. It's complex, it's confusing, it's idiosyncratic.

— Guy Kawasaki

I'll tell you what I think. I think you need to stay indoors reading more books!

— Cecily von Ziegesar

I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.

— Ava Gardner

As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.

— Arnold Bennett

It's not knowing how to write that makes you interesting, it's what you write.

— Ally Condie

“In the universal library, no book will be an island. It’s all connected.”

— Kevin Kelly