It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
The fiction is not autobiographical. Maybe to some extent it is, of course. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
When I was a child, I loved making stories, so I thought maybe I would be a novelist. — Hirokazu Kore-eda Copy Share Image
I've never yet managed to write a novel which didn't have an Indian central character. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I'm afraid I don't think I really have a life on which something can be written. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I just want to shout, "READ ALL MY FAVORITE BOOKS!” — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
Be Careful Of Books. Be Careful With Books. Be Careful Or One Can Become A Weapon-Wielder. Be Careful Or One Can Become… — Cai Guo-Qiang Copy Share Image
On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
I write about my life, choosing incidents that I think will be, for one reason or another, significant to people. Often because… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
“These things are going to eat away at me... I rewrite the script in my head until it's 100-proof poison, and none… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
What interests me very much as a writer is the ability for writing to have our lives to be occupied so vividly… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Early on, I tried fiction, but I wasn't very good at it. I wrote a very bad novel that is thankfully sitting… — David Grann Copy Share Image
At home, I dedicate occasional whole days to reading as if I’m a convalescent. The ideal place for this is the bath,… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
You should constantly write because your writing is always evolving and progressing. It's really important to start writing young. — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
Although I'm very lazy when it comes to writing, I'm not that lazy when it comes to thinking. I like to develop… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Writing is an act of love. If it is not it is only handwriting. It consists in obeying the driving force of… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Your senses are reeling all the time. Finally you find something to write and the very next day you go out and… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
“Belle hesitated. “What is this place?” she asked. “A bit of magic, like all goodbooks,” the man replied. “An escape. A place… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Reading it now for the seventh or eighth time, I am more convinced than ever not merely that The Great Gatsby is… — Jonathan Yardley Copy Share Image
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Quinn Cummings is a master story-teller and her book is nothing short of delightful. Her insights into topics like celebrity, parenting, and… — Jen Lancaster Copy Share Image
When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“It was always the bookish ones you had to be worried about. They knew shit.” — Linsey Hall Copy Share Image
This was what I liked most about my friends: just sitting around & telling stories. — John Green Copy Share Image
I don't write about what I know: I write in order to find out what I know. — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
You can always be writer. It's not so much a metamorphosis as it is finding what you want. — Jason Diamond Copy Share Image
We think literature is immortal, but even that decays and ultimately turns to dust. — Mick Farren Copy Share Image
“After much research I've found the secret to publishing: Write excellent books. Write lots of them.” — Liana Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm excited to go study and read and immerse myself in something. — Sharon Van Etten Copy Share Image
Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
As a writer, the most important thing for me is to continue to write, no matter where I am. — Bei Dao Copy Share Image
