“A reader lives a thousand lives before they die... One who never reads... only lives ONE” — Aiah Radwan Copy Share Image
I spent six years after my first novel and five years after my second without getting into a new book. — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I'm constantly revising. Once the book is written and typed, I go through the entire draft again. — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
“Henry was inclined to drift towards books as keenly as a duck paddles for bread crusts.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature. — Deborah Harkness Copy Share Image
Some days, you will sit down, and you write tens of thousands of words. Others, you have to force yourself to write… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year,… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
“She was trying to write a novel, it was so slow, you had to destroy so much and start again; so hard… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“One purpose in my writing is to help people expand their own understanding of what it means to be human.” — Foster Laverne Harding Copy Share Image
I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Life is like a book. Some chapters are sad, some are happy, and some are exciting, but if you never turn the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My hope is that you read these pages and know you aren’t alone when you submit your short work. You are part… — Windy Lynn Harris Copy Share Image
In my head, at least, the business of spinning stories has no closing time. Twists in my characters' lives, glimpses of their… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I have a problem with beginnings... and endings... and middles. But I don't know what else I would do. I find it… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
When forced to leave my house for an extended period of time, I take my typewriter with me, and together we endure… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Esther liked books out where everyone could see them, a sort of graphic index to the intricate labyrinth of her mind arrayed… — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I… — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
Katrina silenced me for two years. I wrote a 12-page essay on my experience in Katrina, and that's it. I didn't write… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Above all, readers want useful information, whether from a road sign or an investment guide. This motive is not completely absent even… — Alice W. Flaherty Copy Share Image
I don't write for any group. I write to bring about a change in consciousness. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
“Writing, long term, is mentally risky but vital culturally and contributes to a non-boring life.” — Hazel Edwards Copy Share Image
People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I never would start writing before midnight and I would finish at, like, seven in the morning. — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Most of my work consisted of crossing out. Crossing out was the secret of all good writing. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I would never write about someone that forced me to write at a lower register than what I can write, — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I thought that everyone would just think I was a bit of a joke as a writer. — Georgia Toffolo Copy Share Image
... it has always seemed to me that books are the supreme decorations of a room — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
When you're writing with someone else it helps you think of things you never would've thought of. — Ingrid Michaelson Copy Share Image
I started writing when was probably 15 or 16. I got put on the stage when I was 14 or 13. — Skip Marley Copy Share Image
