Any literature, when it arrives at being good literature, transcends genre. — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived. — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
Here is the treasure chest of the world - the public library, or a bookstore. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's a novel experience to have one of my books read by a reading group. — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Beyond any gift or treasure, I desire to learn to read. (Lia ~ The Wretched of Muirwood)” — Jeff Wheeler Copy Share Image
The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
“ballpoint pens guaranteed right on them to write a lifetime on butter under water,” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's something I find highly embarrassing about it. As soon as I think I've written something smart, the next day I've got… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands of living on their nerves, wringing out… — Herbert Gold Copy Share Image
“Even though I know my own name (barely), I still sometimes write my name wrong. Usually it only happens when I write… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
books have been my greatest comfort, castle-building a never-failing delight, and scribbling a very profitable amusement. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Everyone is taught the essentials of writing for at least 13 years, maybe more if they go to college. Nobody is taught… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference. — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
“When someone gives me either a democratic or republican pamphlet, I throw it in their face. I’m a librarian, damn it! We… — Bauvard Copy Share Image
To write fiction is to think that you're doing it wrong - that your work habits are inhibiting you; that you've chosen… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
Our day-to-day lives are pretty chaotic. So in terms of the writing part, you have to get pretty disciplined about finding quiet… — Sarah Kay Copy Share Image
“Each page in a book will discover other pages and other books. Thus books will seep out of their bindings and weave… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
I have lots of notebooks around, because one great advantage of writing by hand-in addition to how much it slows you down-is… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“My favorite thing in the world to do is read a book. I read Heidi, which I love, then I read another… — Mindy Warshaw Skolsky Copy Share Image
“Writing is difficult. You do it all alone without encouragement and without any certainty that you'll ever be published or paid or… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“You think you have no ‘talent’? Write anyway. lots of people with ‘talent’ don’t actually act on it. As long as you… — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
“We tend to believe that if we could just change our workplace, get married, finish writing that novel, buy a new car… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I am generally writing about things happening in my own life, in what I hope is a very relatable way. — Taylor Tomlinson Copy Share Image
“Anyone can write something when asked. However, a true writer writes faithfully without question.” — S.R. Dixon Copy Share Image
“I get a glimpse of the mind of many souls from their sacred books.” — Lailah Gifty Akita Copy Share Image
Mr. Powell raised an eyebrow. 'I'm a librarian,' he said. 'I always know what I'm talking about. — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Anyone who was once a child should have at least one children's book in them. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Ever since I was in my teens I had plans at one point in my life to write a novel. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
“Reading, writing, eating and sleeping; either makes you crazy or scholar.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
I'm going to continue writing. I'll always be a storyteller. But I'm also taking time to enjoy my life. — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
Books are an attempt to control something that's uncontrollable. — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts. — Larry L. King Copy Share Image
