The written word is redundant on the high seas. Why? Because paper gets wet too easily. — Walter Moers Copy Share Image
Writing was always an aspiration, but I'd kept it a secret even from myself. — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
“The writer ultimately tires of the subject's self-serving story, and substitutes a story of his own.” — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
It's hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
“Half of good writing is having something interesting to say. The other half is saying it well.” — Walter Kim Copy Share Image
My writing has always been more out of the need to write a movie rather than me being a good writer. — Nicolas Winding Refn Copy Share Image
I judged about a zillion awards this year so Ive been reading a lot of books that just came out. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
As a writer, you play this daft game with yourself - you're constantly looking for distractions, anything to stop you from writing,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
This book is an agglomeration of lean-tos and annexes and there is no knowing how big the next addition will be, or… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“between them aren’t yet written. ========== Someday, Someday, Maybe: A Novel (Graham, Lauren) - Your Highlight” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Seriously, I am a terrible plotter when it comes to my novels. Terrible. I love to kind of feel my way into… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
If I'm happy and joyous, which I have been a lot in my life, thankfully, I'm usually not at the piano writing… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
The quality of our reading is not only an index of the quality of our thought; it is our best-known route to… — Maryanne Wolf Copy Share Image
I had never really thought of myself as a writer; any writing I had done was just to give myself something to… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
“No writing is effortless. I’m not saying you can’t have a good day where the words just kind of flow, but even… — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
I think anyone who's not as good a writer as me is absolutely a hack, and I think anybody who's a slightly… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I write well-fleshed out characters, and inevitably, more ideas spring from my subconscious. They all have a little bit of me in… — Faye Kellerman Copy Share Image
“The conventional use of words and of narrative structure is deliberately subverted in decadent fiction; language deviates from the established norms in… — Asti Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I think you get most of the most interesting work done in fields where people don't think they're doing art but are… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Often one finds surprises in a novel, but it is rare to find a novel that is a surprise. Richard Melo's 'Happy… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
“If I’m asked what the next most important quality is for a novelist, that’s easy too: focus—the ability to concentrate all your… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Writers spend too much time among dead things. I thought that was profound and actually true, that you're trying to pump life… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I don't think we should read for instruction but to give our souls a chance to luxuriate. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I had a very wise mother. She always kept books that were my grade level in our house. — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
For me, the first sign of oncoming madness is that I'm unable to write. — Marya Hornbacher Copy Share Image
“And I cannot read a page of anything I’ve written without making five changes—that’s my average.” — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
It's hopeless! Tomorrow there'll be even more books I should have read than there are today. — Ashleigh Brilliant Copy Share Image
One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other. — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
In 'Happier at Home,' I write a lot about my struggle to create an unhurried atmosphere at home. — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
I do not understand how on earth you can become a writer without seeing the world. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
There's a children's book by Anthony Browne called 'The Tunnel' that I've always loved. — Billy Howle Copy Share Image
I'm a writer and I also do a lot of professional speaking on risk taking and creativity as well. — William Gurstelle Copy Share Image
The novel does not simply recount experience, it adds to experience. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
