Part of being a writer is just getting it in your bones, getting the muscle memory down, just doing it. — Raphael Bob-Waksberg Copy Share Image
I think people are starting to think of me less as an actor and more as a writer. — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You have to write. You have to sit down and do it every day. Find your method, your motivation, your tenacity to… — Catherine Cruzan Copy Share Image
Usually, the creating of the book happens while I'm writing the book. I start with Chapter One, with a few ideas and… — Lily King Copy Share Image
Above all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied. — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
It strikes me that people want to be engaged, and that those who go into a bookstore in a time of crisis… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Writing, for me at least, takes a lot of concentrated work and effort. It takes dedication and the willingness to do the… — Karl Iagnemma Copy Share Image
I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
I never conceived of not writing a novel. I believed - oh, God, I believed, it was an article of faith! -… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
When I first read Anne Frank's 'Diary of a Young Girl,' I saw for the first time that a girl could be… — Kate Bernheimer Copy Share Image
I've always found it best to have a routine. I go to my study at the same time every day and climb… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise,… — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
“Novelty. Security. Novelty wouldn't be a bad title. It had the grandness of abstraction, alerting the reader that large and thoughtful things… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of things in writing in general that are subtle, that suggest something without actually in-your-face saying it. And… — Nina Nastasia Copy Share Image
Autobiography is the most fascinating thing you can do because you get to touch the human condition. And in the end, what… — Jim Dine Copy Share Image
“The mall looked deserted, and there was only one bulb on the ground floor to guide him to the winding staircase that… — Charlie Jane Anders Copy Share Image
“Each and every one of us has moments like these, times when a book becomes more than a book. It is a… — Emily Asher-Perrin Copy Share Image
I can't do a linear novel. I'm just going to write what I need to write. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I like to write things to be personal, so I just put what I'm thinking about at the time. — Sofia Coppola Copy Share Image
What's a book? Everything or nothing. The eye that sees it all. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Every author ought to write every book as if he were going to be beheaded the day he finished it. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
A good novel is a conjunction of many factors, the main of which is without a doubt, hard work. — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“Writing is controlled substance. It acts with the least mediation and strongest effect.” — Sean Wilsey Copy Share Image
Writing may be either the record of a deed or a deed. It is nobler when it is a deed. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The first draft is usually junk. You have to work on it seven to eight times. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
Producing 1,200 words every day, when you're already working a full-time job is a lot. — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Bleak House is just the most astounding piece of work. There's huge, visionary poetry in it. — Simon Callow Copy Share Image
I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off. — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
The successful publishing house is the one that can guess ahead, not the one that imitates the past. — Helen Jacobs Copy Share Image
