I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it. — Alistair MacLeod Copy Share Image
“and who writes, he says, because he finds it easier than talking.” — John J. Winters Copy Share Image
I have a passion for libraries. They are potentially real community centers. — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block. — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
I'm the kind of writer that, once I get into writing mode in my brain, I'm non-stop. — Natalie Prass Copy Share Image
When you start writing things to try to persuade someone who's not already part of your guild or your profession that something… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
“Death is the easy part, the hard part is living and knowing you could be so much more then you’re willing to… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
No one says a novel has to be one thing. It can be anything it wants to be, a vaudeville show, the… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
The part of the process that's exciting to me is feeling like I'm in a place I've never been before, in every… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
A bookcase is as good as a view, as much of a panorama as the sight of a city or a river.… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
I wrote because I had to. I couldn't stop. There wasn't anything else I could do. If no one ever bought anything,… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Growing up, as a kid, I loved to read. I liked to read books that were above my range. I always tried… — Hidetaka Miyazaki Copy Share Image
When you're writing fiction or poetry... it really comes down to this: indifference to everything except what you're doing... A young writer… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
Novelists in particular love to rhapsodize about the glory of the solitary mind; this is natural, because their job requires them to… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
“The proverb, "Where there's a will.." sums it up for a writer who had just started in his writing life; for himself,… — Lucas Michael Copy Share Image
One lesson I learned the hard way, early in my career, was that if I tried to write to be smart or… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. He thinks… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
As a writer and as a reader, I really believe in the power of narrative to allow us ways to experience life… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
“Memoir writing draws on all aspects of who we are, body, mind and soul. We are challenged to dig deep, to remember,… — Rossandra White Copy Share Image
Crude at first [the short story] received a literary polish in the press, but its dominant quality remained. It was concise and… — Bret Harte Copy Share Image
I definitely would love to transition into being more of a writer at some point in my career. I love playing shows… — Ben Rector Copy Share Image
i still have no way to survive but to keep writing one line, one more line, one more line... — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
A book read by a thousand different people is a thousand different books. — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
When I'm in the studio with a writer, I don't mind for them to take the lead and show me something new. — Stefflon Don Copy Share Image
Writers, unlike most people, tell their best lies when they are alone. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I have never written for an audience. On the other hand I do not write merely to please myself. — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“When I read I get lost into the book my mind is set into the setting." - Kate” — Kate Copy Share Image
“Bringing you closer to the fragile edge of living is the job of a writer.” — Julie Rodelli Copy Share Image
If I ever write a book, 'I Should Have Worn Comfortable Shoes' would be the title. — Jacky Rosen Copy Share Image
Oddly enough, I never studied writing. I studied almost everything except writing. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
The great art of writing is the art of making people real to themselves with words. — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
You could write a book about things that you can't find on-line. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“There would be a center table, with books of a tranquil sort on it. . .” — Mark Twain Following the Equator Copy Share Image
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