There's a limit that you will not be able to go past if you don't understand the importance of reading. — Eric Thomas Copy Share Image
No CEO examining books today understands what the hell is going on. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“If there is a bibliographic equivalent of alcoholism, many librarians have it.” — G. Edward Evans Copy Share Image
As a writer and former elected official, I believe in the power of words. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things. — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing. — Julia Leigh Copy Share Image
Sometimes a line enters your head, and you're so grateful for it. You go online to check to see if anyone wrote… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
Because there's just so much in a day now, I keep writing in much more abstract terms, like I don't try to… — Feist Copy Share Image
“Writing amounts to removing a piece of yourself and exposing it to criticism. The bravery of that action alone deserves to be… — April Khaito Copy Share Image
I discovered that, given the indescribable nature of what I write, the only way to sell it is to give people free… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Write about what you know and care deeply about. When one puts one's self on paper - that is what is called… — Joel Chandler Harris Copy Share Image
In business, you can write your own book. The more unique it is from anything written before, the more likely it is… — Kenneth Cole Copy Share Image
In all highly civilised communities Pretence is prominent, and sooner or later invades the regions of Literature. — James Payn Copy Share Image
If I finish a book a week, I will read only a few thousand books in my lifetime, about a tenth of… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
However, I survived and started to read all chemistry books that I could get a hand on, first some 19th century books… — Richard Ernst Copy Share Image
Over the next four days, I want you to write about your deepest emotions and thoughts about the most upsetting experience in… — James W. Pennebaker Copy Share Image
Sometimes, though, I feel that pushing books is a whole lot like pushing medicine. Think of books as pills. I have pills… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“My first novel was only a try-out,’ said David carelessly. The sort of thing every undergraduate has to write, but now I… — Angela Thirkell Copy Share Image
“I have hope in who I am becoming. I have belief in every scar and disgraceful word I have ever spoken or… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
Literature is the best way to overcome death. My father, as I said, is an actor. He's the happiest man on earth… — Ilan Stavans Copy Share Image
“PREFACE This is a book about writing as a spiritual practice. This is not a book about spiritual writing. Spiritual writing—inspirational writing—has… — Rami Shapiro Copy Share Image
What a lonely and silly thing it is to be an Armenian writer in America. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
How many cities have revealed themselves to me in the marches I undertook in the pursuit of books! — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
Most writers do similar things in their minds. It's how the mind works, basically. — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
“Don't listen to writers. They're messed up - that's why they're writers!” — Chocolate Waters Copy Share Image
When reading fiction, we cannot automatically assume that what we read is fact. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Maybe one thing is that you have to find the best way to write whatever works better for you. — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
Literature is dangerous: it awakens a rebellious attitude in us. — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure if I write because I am crazy, or I'm crazy because I write.” — Wendy Stanphill Copy Share Image
