Writer Quotes · Page 472

“Eli Lazaroff stepped into the arena, looking more like a librarian than a warrior.”

— Bella Forrest

I have a terrible superstition of writing things down.

— Andrew Scott

To a lover of books the shops and sales in London present irresistible temptations.

— Edward Gibbon

Reading messed with my brain in an unaccountable way. It made me happy; or something.

— Salvatore Scibona

Let's put in place programs to ensure that all of our children are reading by third grade.

— Valerie Jarrett

“...'good writing' means compelling ideas clothed in words.”

— Betsey Lerner

Wherever we are, we can improve our chances of getting ahead by keeping a book in hand

— Michael Hyatt

“Any book thoughtfully read sharpens the mind and improves on and individual's professional potential.”

— James F. Amos

“That which others hear or read of, I felt and practised myself; they get their knowledge by books, I mine by melancholizing.”

— Robert Burton

There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this…

— William Saroyan

My writing is very organic. It's what I am. My mother says I was writing before I was crawling. I wrote in…

— Alice Walker

Book tours are excellent things, and one is lucky to get to go on one, but they have a way of leeching…

— Lev Grossman

When you write on your own, you can write the extremes. No one else is watching and you can really go as…

— Kiran Desai

The books could be completely worthless, and things we don't even read now could be considered the most important books.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I’ve always said, ‘I have nothing to say, only to add.’ And it’s with each addition that the writing gets done. The…

— Gore Vidal

It's always a challenge to discover the most effective first sentence, and the most effective final sentence, in a chapter for instance,…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Writers…born not in the Halls of Education…but in the fires of necessity. Masters not of prose, form, language, or a perceived command…

— Vladislas Nikilovic

“ Journal Writing Keeping a journal is an extremely valuable practice. Right now, your mind may be racing with anxious thoughts and…

— Heather Moehn

I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out…

— Philipp Meyer

If I can get on to my sofa and occupy myself for four hours, at intervals through the day, scribbling my notes,…

— Alice James

The whole relationship between a writer's spiritual/emotional condition and the kind of wordstuff and form-making that's going on in his work is…

— Seamus Heaney

Reading is the gateway to so many things that helps makes it possible for seven billion people to live together on one…

— Nicola Griffith

For me writing is a long, hard, painful process, but it is addictive, a pleasure that I seek out actively. My advice…

— Laurence Yep

“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who re-read and those who don’t. No, don’t be silly, there are…

— Jo Walton

People expect me to be, first and foremost, a storyteller. I lead by telling stories.

— Shonda Rhimes

To kill a mockingbird. If you haven't read it, I think you should because it is very interesting.

— Stephen Chbosky

I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“As much as I hate to admit it, books have limitations. Over”

— Daisy Hernandez

As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.

— Patrick Modiano

“You can only write what you know if you've lived, otherwise, you'll just be writing words.”

— Joseph Eastwood

I've realized the most effective way to write, for me, is knowing what to throw away.

— Youth Lagoon

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

— John Grisham

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.

— Hugh Leonard

Mostly what ends up inspiring me and affecting my work are books by authors that I love.

— Christine Sneed

In reading, the mind is, in fact, only the playground of another's thoughts.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that 'no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of…

— Pliny the Younger

“A book is a blessing that comes into our lives to teach, entertain, and inspire.”

— Jesenia Sanabia

“I must write now and quickly, before I begin to prefer the perfect version that lives in my head.”

— Lettie Prell

Libraries collect the works of genius of every language and every age.

— George Bancroft

“She is too fond of books and it has addled her mind.”

— Louisa May Alcott