Ordinary people don't know how much books can mean to someone who's cooped up. — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point. — George Dennison Prentice Copy Share Image
Whenever I write something, I always want to make sure that what I write is defensible. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Reading was a huge part of my life as a child - we were a family of storytellers. — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
..you do not leave a library; if you do what it wants you to do, you are taking it with you. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Through writing, through that process, they realize that they become more intelligent, and more honest and more imaginative than they can be… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
“I learned from the age of two or three that any room in our house, at any time of day, was there… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
When I write, I tend to tap into this human wondering vibe that could come off negative, but it's really not. — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
I have trouble with some books because I'm so much in agreement with them I'd rather just sit in the grass myself. — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
“A writer may not know the way at first; but if he endeavors to complete his task, he carves a path with… — Susan J. McIntire Copy Share Image
That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version. — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
The only process that comes close to the process of writing a whole book, in my experience, is childbirth. There is this… — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
I didn't go to graduate school, where all the important writers seemed to be getting their start. I didn't pursue getting published… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on… — Elizabeth Cunningham Copy Share Image
I write with a sort of grim determination to deal with things that are hidden and difficult, and this means, I think,… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
“But I will take a page from the book of the Snow Scout leader, and skip ahead to the next interesting thing… — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
You don't realize what a strain it is on the nerves to write or think-of-writing all day long, and to sleep full… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“When Suzie introduced Helen, she told the audience that one of the best things about books is that they are an interactive… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Don’t write your books for people who won’t like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write… — Paul Harding Copy Share Image
The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people. — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“I read way too much given all I want to do every day, and I only recommend books I really like.” — Gary Lincoff Copy Share Image
I looked to books to stimulate my mind and create a daily sense of purpose. — Amanda Knox Copy Share Image
I love writing but it's a real pain. It's a miserable process - very satisfying but very miserable. — Vikramaditya Motwane Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I don't feel neurotic. So it's better for the family if I'm working. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Serial novels have an unexpected effect; they hook the writer as well as the reader. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I just want to make sure I could tell my story the way I want to tell it. I just want to… — Michael Sam Copy Share Image
“Books are the shells of wisdom, which are split open for the pearls of character.” — Bozorgmehr Copy Share Image
I'm a salami writer. I try to write good salami, but salami is salami. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper. — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
I think the reason my stories have been so successful is that I have a strong sense of metaphor. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
When someone says they've read your book 15 times, you think, 'Well, you should read something else.' — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
