The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader. — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“When you read a book, you don't give up on it. You might soon feel like your part of the story.” — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them. — David Morrell Copy Share Image
A fondness for reading, which, properly directed, must be an education in itself. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
REPORTER, n. A writer who guesses his way to the truth and dispels it with a tempest of words. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“So you're a librarian." His eyes shifted back and forth. "I prefer loremaster.” — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
My most prized possession was my library card from the Oakland Public Library. — Bill Russell Copy Share Image
The older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Have you been writing any personal experience articles lately?" the woman asked the writer. "No," replied the writer. "I've been busy having… — Ruth Peterman Copy Share Image
“Facebook has emotions, YouTube has likes and dislikes but to like 50 times over you’ve got to find a happy Medium.” — Chandra dos Santos Copy Share Image
I was a very good nurse, but I burned out after eight years or so because it wasn't what I truly wanted… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I never really know what I'm going to write next until it comes to me. So we'll just have to see what… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
Writers are notoriously unable to know about themselves. Faulkner thought 'The Fable' was his best novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald liked 'Tender Is… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
I began writing 'Matterhorn' in 1975 and for more than 30 years I kept working on my novel in my spare time,… — Karl Marlantes Copy Share Image
When you are reading a book and you finish a chapter, you don’t keep re-reading the chapter you just finished. You move… — Stephen Reid Copy Share Image
I think my biggest problem, though, at least in drafts, is not repeating myself. After eight books I get worried that a… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The easiest way to separate yourself from the unformed blobby mass of "aspiring" writers is to a) actually write and b) actually… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
Write down your fears. Write down your thoughts. Write down the feelings you want to have. Just release it, don't ignore it.… — Camille Kostek Copy Share Image
Short fiction seems more targeted - hand grenades of ideas, if you will. When they work, they hit, they explode, and you… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
“To devise situation where the protagonist is force to tell a lie, a useful figure for the writer is the Devil. Like… — David Mura Copy Share Image
Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my own. I always… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
I write about two hours a day, and I write in fits and spurts - 45 minutes here, a half-hour there -… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
“After one postmodern doorstopper, you’ve read them all. Pynchon got there first, really… and it was good… but most of the others… — A.D. Aliwat Copy Share Image
