Writer Quotes · Page 397

“I’ll probably just read a book. I’ve got like a million of them in my to-be-read pile.”

— Rebekah L. Purdy

Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it.

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Writing is to copyediting what swimming is to pool maintenance.”

— Gary Corby

If you only hear one side of the story, at some point, you have to question who the writer is.

— Clint Smith

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

— Tom Wolfe

“The magic of fiction lies in deluding reason that it is fiction.”

— Róbert Gál

“Bachelor visits library, books wife (nonfiction). --Michael Perry”

— SMITH Magazine

I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it.

— Norton Juster

I devoured books like a person taking vitamins, afraid that otherwise I would remain this gelatinous narcissist, with no possibility of ever…

— Anne Lamott

Hard-covered books break up friendships. You loan a hard covered book to a friend and when he doesn’t return it you get…

— John Steinbeck

I do different work, teaching and running around visiting universities and bookstores, and that prevents me from writing. But it's nice to…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

The end of secrecy would be the end of the novel - especially the English novel. The English novel requires social secrecy,…

— Ian Mcewan

You know, sometimes I get moments of inspiration when I'm writing something and then the task seems so daunting that it just…

— Adam Pascal

Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.

— Jonathan Stroud

If you want to be a writer, don't worry so much about writing. Read as much as you can. Read as many…

— R. L. Stine

“Be stoic when necessary and write-you have seen a lot, felt deeply, and your problems are universal enough to be made meaningful-WRITE.”

— Sylvia Plath

Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a…

— Adriana Trigiani

I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it…

— Anne Rice

I liked reading and working out my ideas in the midst of that endless crowd walking in and out of the (library)…

— Alfred Kazin

My revision methods are chipping things away and moving them around and trying to get things right. I'm also open in my…

— David Biespiel

“There are things written concerning you in the book of life; that you need to keep opening, till you discover them and…

— ANIKOR Daniel

“Books are not only the arbitrary sum of our dreams, and our memory. They also give us the model of self-transcendence. Some…

— Susan Sontag

“Writing is a muscle. Smaller than a hamstring and slightly bigger than a bicep, and it needs to be exercised to get…

— Colin Nissan

“At first, writing actually felt the more arduous of the two activities. But in order to reach cultural-center nirvana, I forced myself…

— Yu Hua

Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves.

— Haruki Murakami

A writer cannot be judged for his project, only its execution.

— Rumaan Alam

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

— Jerry Spinelli

a basic “must” for every writer: A simple solitude-physical & mental.

— Rod Serling

If I get to tell good stories with good people, that's good enough for me.

— Judge Reinhold

I could not write about 'ordinary people' because I am not in the least interested in them.

— H. P. Lovecraft

“If you're a writer, reading is part of your job description.”

— Mark Rubinstein

The greatest knowledge a person can possess is the address of the local library.

— Albert Einstein

Keep reading books, but remember that a book’s only a book, and you should learn to think for yourself.

— Maxim Gorky

I just wanna write about what I am living as a citizen. That's all.

— Jain

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

— Cary Elwes

“A book is much more than a delivery vehicle for its contents.”

— Allison Hoover Bartlett

“No one cares about books, that’s why you can write anything you want in them.”

— Kim Stanley Robinson

“Who would ever want movies or TV when there are books?”

— Cassandra Clare

“write something you feel about, than delete it. bam! you go back to the start with fresh mind”

— Anonymous

Research and writing are lonely occupations. It is easy to become discouraged in solitary confinement.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr