“IN LIFE ONE MUST LEARN HOW TO WASH THEIR OWN BACK” — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
Every day, I write. I have a writing period - it's usually in the morning - or I'm writing songs. — Bill Ward Copy Share Image
I'm a writer, not a professional runner. It's fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
while one can lose oneself in a book one can never be thoroughly unhappy. — Edith Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Books smell and feel better. They have that wonderful thingness of turning the pages. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“The more you read within a balanced life, the more time you have. Strange but true.” — Mark O'Brien Copy Share Image
Well, one thing I'm really interested in, when I'm writing, is being accurate. — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
I do think that part of literature's job is to comment on and participate in the social issues of the time. — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
I think of writers as explorers, not necessarily as detectives. So there is certainly detecting that is going on - they're explorers. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“What was life anyway? An accumulation of small shelves if incident. Stacked at odd angles to each other.” — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“I love staring at my books for hours just trying to decide which book to read next. Doing that is almost as… — Love The Stacks Bookstore Copy Share Image
A lot of times, I know there's something bothering me but I don't know what it is. Then I start writing and… — Jon Rahm Copy Share Image
Though I feared I would have no progress when I put down the drink, [my writing] hasn't changed. The creative search, and… — Karl Hyde Copy Share Image
Michael Koryta is that rare author who is at once a compelling story teller and a fantastic writer. From the first sentence… — Lisa Unger Copy Share Image
“The office itself was windowless and lined with shelves stuffed to the brim with books each sporting titles more Hellish than the… — Jennifer Rainey Copy Share Image
'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
We have a generation of kids who may never see a bookshelf or never see books in houses. What are they going… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Fiction writers learn about the development of metaphor, the use of rhythm, the way that language is compacted in order to express… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
“The longer I am a writer--so long now that my writing finger is periodically numb--the better I understand what writing is; what… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
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