Writer Quotes · Page 507

A novel is not just a work of art: It is somehow a work of life as well.

— George P Elliott

Words about Lincoln fill a small but ever-growing library.

— Fred Kaplan

“It is noble to write as one thinks; this is the privilege of humanity.”

— Voltaire

So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days.

— Graham Greene

A successful self-publisher must fill three roles: Author, Publisher, and Entrepreneur—or APE.

— Guy Kawasaki

“Writers of historical fiction would be lost without libraries and archives.”

— Ruta Sepetys

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

— Aaron Sorkin

My wife and I sometimes read books together. It's kind of like bed talk.

— Taboo

It's not that I don't enjoy other people, but what I find with writers is this back and forth. And also, there's…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

— Paul Auster

It is quite beneath the dignity of a person holding a Bachelor of Arts degree to engage in such a vulgar occupation…

— Fukuzawa Yukichi

Cheney's memoir is not about 9/11, or solely about Bush's administration, but about his entire life and political career.

— Elliott Abrams

Much of my writing is energized by unresolved memories - something like ghosts in the psychological sense.

— Joyce Carol Oates

You can then further enhance the process of writing by forming the clear intention that your Higher Self will influence your writing.

— Anonymous

I have no feelings of guilt regarding the books I have not read and perhaps will never read; I know that my…

— Alberto Manguel

I write when I have something to say and not when I don't. My time is better spent if I know I…

— Peter Orner

“I read this book in one sitting. A WOMAN RESURRECTED is the true, harrowing story of the author's abusive childhood -- from…

— Cece Cervantes

Anthony Ryan is a new fantasy author destined to make his mark on the genre. His debut novel, Blood Song, certainly has…

— Michael J. Sullivan

First of all, the novel should be a critique of the novels that have come before it in a language that broadens…

— Kiese Laymon

When I read to children, I try to become the characters. It's great if you can make a separate voice for each…

— Julie Andrews

“Q: What literary complexities do you find most interesting? That is, what do you like most to "solve," so to speak, as…

— Gilbert Sorrentino

I read,' I say. 'I study and read. I bet I've read everything you've read. Don't think I haven't. I consume libraries.…

— David Foster Wallace

“Even the most beautifully written, perfectly edited and well-designed books will fail if people aren't made aware of them!" ––Linda Radke, President…

— Linda F. Radke

Your prospective employer, or the person you have a crush on, or the person you want to talk to. You're judging yourself,…

— Sandra Cisneros

“A poor attempt at writing is better than no attempt at all.”

— Ksenia Anske

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.

— John Steinbeck

Readers transform a library from a mausoleum into many theaters.

— Mason Cooley

For me, writing is such an escape, and I felt very lucky to have this to run away to.

— Rachel Joyce

The way I write possibly shouldn't be turned on serious things.

— Giles Coren

I don't write for children. I write and someone says it's for children.

— Maurice Sendak

“A great book is one, which really don’t finish when it finishes.”

— Aman Jassal

If you can make music with someone you don't need words. If you wish to be a writer, write.

— Epictetus

“On those trains you’ll be taking across Europe. A book light always comes in handy.”

— Meg Cabot

The novelist's intuition for the sacred differs from the translator's interrogation of the sacred.

— Cynthia Ozick

“What makes you think a writer isn't a drug salesman?”

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr

I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.

— Flannery O'Connor

One book calls to another unexpectedly, creating alliances across different cultures and centuries.

— Alberto Manguel

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway

— Anne McCaffrey

Collections of books and other documents, either printed or electronic, are a form of congregation.

— Tom Peters

I just respond to the stories I'm being asked to tell.

— Steven Pasquale