I find writing really difficult - definitely the most difficult of all the things I do. — Grant Heslov Copy Share Image
“The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries.” — René Descartes Copy Share Image
I had wanted to write Ghost Country for a long time, but it wouldn't work. — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
If I'm writing something and I'm not feeling mischievous, then I know it's not going to be great. — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
Live an interesting life. Meet people. Read a lot and widely, learn from the great writers — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I try to use fiction in order to reduce the potentiality of something being true. We produce our own memories so I'm… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
“Real life doesn't grant us many of the more than useful possibilities people can come out with in fiction.” — Camilo Gomes Jr Copy Share Image
“Wish my life were inside a book So I could turn to the ending, See if it is a love story Or… — Stasia Ward Kehoe Copy Share Image
I'm very secretive. I'll write a whole novel and revise it, which might take me two years or more, and the people… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
No matter how long my day job hours were, I always made time to write. I wrote fiction, short stories, and poetry.… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
Yesterday I did not want to be borrowed but this is the typewriter that sits before me and love is where yesterday… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
“What broke your heart so bad That you had to close every door, That you say you have a dark soul And… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
“writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. that thing you had to force yourself to do--the… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Her library filled her bookshelves and then overflowed into waist-high stacks of books everywhere, piled haphazardly against the walls. If just one… — John Green Copy Share Image
In his enigmatic and cunning story 'The Crown of Feathers,' Isaac Bashevis Singer refuses to produce uncontradictory evidence of God's will but… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Printing and transporting paper is very expensive, and e-books eliminate the expensive four-color printing, the higher quality paper, the ocean shipping, the… — Dan Poynter Copy Share Image
“She told the woman to go to one of the online agent sites that list agents who are looking for new clients,… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“Aren’t we running at a loss?” asked Max. Perdu shrugged his shoulders. “Financially speaking, yes. But it’s well known that reading makes… — Nina George Copy Share Image
I'm not a good writer, and I don't care. Unfortunately, after I left college, I didn't have time much for literature. I… — Norman Finkelstein Copy Share Image
