Writer Quotes · Page 401

the world I create in writing compensates for what the real world does not give me.

— Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?

— Anonymous

You can't have a great university without a great library.

— Joe Paterno

Writing is sort of like chess for me. You have to think carefully before you move, thinking, planning.

— Gza

Well that's what I generally do with books - I read them.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

I make it a point to visit bookstores at least once a week.

— Akshara Haasan

The writing process, it's too mysterious to try and describe.

— Mick Jones

“the publication of his historical novel ‘Shadows Of The Son’ that gave”

— Daniel Leston

He can develop sense and style, in the manner of distinguished modern prose, in which event he may be sure that the…

— John Crowe Ransom

I'm a huge Elizabeth Berg fan. Her novels are always charming, thoughtful, and filled with lively, three-dimensional characters.

— Emily Giffin

The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for…

— Moliere

One ought only to write when one leaves a piece of one's own flesh in the inkpot, each time one dips one's…

— Leo Tolstoy

Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.

— John Jakes

Writing is such a good thing to do because you can't really get bored with it. If you're bored with writing, you're…

— Irvine Welsh

Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A "best seller" is a celebrity among books. It is a book known…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“Books. They live their own life in melancholy Happy in their crispy destruction under yellowish tinge.”

— Raj Doctor

We're completely confused about the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. To me, the moment you compose, you're fictionalising; the moment you remember,…

— David Shields

“Here’s what I thought: what if randomly, gratuitously stimulating our senses through detail and description could generate emotions that would help make…

— Daniel Galera

I have been under considerable pressure to buy at least a laptop computer. I have always turned the suggestions down for the…

— Winston Graham

I always ask young writers, 'Are you certain you want to be a writer? If you're absolutely sure, then do it.' If…

— Herbert Gold

“What is the greatest reward a writer can have? Isn't it that day when someone rushes up to you, his face bursting…

— Ray Bradbury

We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and…

— Vaclav Klaus

After Memory Keepers Daughter, it took me a few months to shut out the world. I really had to turn off the…

— Kim Edwards

“Try to avoid your house catching fire, as this does no good at all. And while your house is still intact, it…

— Joseph Connolly

I am very interested in people trying to write because I don't have a big academic background at all.

— Grace Paley

The big thing about writing is three commands: Have fun. Don't think. Don't care.

— Richard Bach

“Readers are so much more important than well, just about everything.”

— Sara Sheridan

“All I’ve done is give you a book,” she said. “You have to have the courage to learn what’s inside it.”

— Homer Hickam

“You could learn to read in a few months, easy, and magic and reading are sort of the same thing.”

— Sarah Wynde

I am writing more than I have ever done. My life has come back to me in the most extraordinary way.

— Andrew Motion

Writers are liars my dear, surely you know that by now?

— Neil Gaiman

Every book teaches me something about my process, and they are all challenging in one way or another.

— Sarah Dessen

I like to write about what I've seen and experiences I've been through.

— Jorja Smith

“Reading gives us a place to go when we have no where to go”

— Mason Cooley

Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.

— Barbara Pym

Bad books always lie. They lie most of all about the human condition.

— Walker Percy

The books housed in one's first adult bookshelf are the geological bed of who we wish to become

— Sheridan Hay

“Is it possible to write a reverent novel," said Nassrin, "and to have it be good?...”

— Azar Nafisi

I was anticipating that some readers might misread [the book] ROOM itself as a hymn to homeschooling.

— Emma Donoghue

“One idea to a sentence is still the best advice that anyone has ever given on writing.”

— Bill Bryson