Our books still do not require batteries. But I am no fool. It is a slender advantage. — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Books exist for me not as physical entities with pages and binding, but in the province of my mind. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I live or die for hip-hop and it's a beautiful form but you're a writer first and foremost. — Kate Tempest Copy Share Image
Pen and pad on the dresser for me to fine tune it. I sat in the corner, made up my mind, do… — Rick Ross Copy Share Image
If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos. — Diana Abu-Jaber Copy Share Image
“I wish I could read my books over for the first time to see what you guys see.” — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
There is this value in books, that they enable us to converse with the dead. There is something in this beyond the… — Egerton Brydges Copy Share Image
“I stood in the library admiring the huge book collection. There was something inherently calming about being surrounded by books, even their… — Saffron Mello Castro Copy Share Image
My ideal job? Landlord of a bordello! The company's good and the mornings are quiet, which is the best time to write. — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
Note that the #1 Top Reviewer at Amazon (4550 book reviews) is Harriet Klausner, formerly an acquisitions librarian in Pennsylvania. This just… — Peter Morville Copy Share Image
I remember as a child I just would copy everyone else's handwriting, and now I have sort of a version of my… — Cecile McLorin Salvant Copy Share Image
I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious,… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
For those who are going to learn from books, learning the art of reading would seem to be indispensable. — Robert M. Hutchins Copy Share Image
In 2008, when I wrote Book 1 and Book 2, the head of the publishing house suggested twelve books - one each… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“there is an osmosis from fiction to reality, a constant contamination which distorts the truth behind both and fuzzes the telling distinctions… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
Terrifying. . . . A Dark Matter is populated with vivid, sympathetic characters, and driven by terrors both human and supernatural. It's… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“ How Journal Writing Helps Because of your social anxiety, you may be so afraid that any opinions you have are wrong… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
“It’s hard to know, when you’re in such a jam, which is worse—not having a place to sleep or not having a… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
Delia Sherman once told me that you never learn to write a story. You only learn to write the story you are… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
It's the typical mid-life crisis kind of thing, where you just stop and wonder, 'Should I go back to university and get… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
Since I can't write the greatest American novel, I'm going to write the longest American novel. — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Cat tongues are awesome." --Nellie Gomez, The 39 Clues, Beyond The Grave — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I have owned over a thousand books at one time and that's only half of what I've read.” — Maryann Flasch Copy Share Image
Paperbacks of those we deem classics should be cheap and sold at supermarkets. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a very good talker or writer but a pretty good filmmaker. — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“If you spare some space for a new book, also spare some time to read it.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Everything I have ever written about has been about what's going on inside of us. — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
