I like to write when I feel spiteful; it's like having a good sneeze. — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
If I am thinking the same as everyone why bother pushing to get it published? — Chuck Eddy Copy Share Image
“Only a writer would slap a bumper sticker on her car that read, 'Seriously, I'd rather be working' .” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Undergraduate writers seem to be, in a way, more open to letting themselves just write. — David Means Copy Share Image
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciousness varying with readers. — Ernest Dimnet Copy Share Image
For me, writing has always come out of living a fairly to-the-bone kind of life, just really being present to a lot… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can think of so many ways of expressing myself that I feel I'm an old typewriter, and too many keys… — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
“His routine was fixed. A morning spent reading books, then a sandwich in front of the local lunchtime news and an afternoon… — Sarah Stovell Copy Share Image
I'm not itching to sue Amazon or Wal-Mart... they sell a lot of books. But the future is very uncertain with books. — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“Brita said, 'I read at home, I read in hotels, I take a book with me on a twenty-minute trip to the… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Writing was my real life and I was more at home with the people of my imagination than with the best I… — Gertrude Atherton Copy Share Image
Read all books in the world, it will not make you wise. Only wise ones are those who know, four letters that… — Kabir Copy Share Image
When I'm about to start writing, I pull up some of my all-time-favorite re-reads to feel inspired and fall headfirst into the… — Violet Duke Copy Share Image
I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
I write my novels longhand. I love the feeling of writing; I love to see pen on paper. It feels more creative… — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
Parents, it seems, have an almost Olympian persistence when it comes to suggesting more secure and lucrative lines of work for their… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
When you're embarking on a piece of writing, the anxiety is just too much, especially when you're young and you're trying to… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Books make their greatest mark when they reach readers in their growing years. The young look everywhere for that ground of truth… — Milton Meltzer Copy Share Image
Writing isn't about performing. Writing is like looking for treasure, so it's sort of like you're out in the field. I wouldn't… — Jack Savoretti Copy Share Image
A library is a place that is a repository of information and gives every citizen equal access to it. That includes health… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I got so discouraged, I almost stopped writing. It was my 12-year-old son who changed my mind when he said to me,… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Engaging and well paced, the book fills in the reality behind Vonnegut's work — Charles J. Shields Copy Share Image
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
I consider myself a storyteller, not really even an actor. I consider myself a storyteller. — Danny Huston Copy Share Image
The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I know why writers write- they write to untangle the knots in their hearts.” — Virginia Frances Schwartz Copy Share Image
“...writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“If you want to challenge yourself as an Author, raise the bar as a reader. -Suzanne Steele” — Suzanne Steele Copy Share Image
The formula for creative writing in high school or college is write what you know. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
“Three possessions you should prize: A field, a friend, and a book.” — Hai guan zong shui wu si shu China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu Copy Share Image
