You write for other people and it feels you're giving a little bit of yourself away. — Dean Lewis Copy Share Image
Every spare second I would write, somehow. On my lunch hour, too. — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day. — Tana French Copy Share Image
I always write the best that I can. And I won't publish it until I have done it right. — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I have a real aversion to sentimentality, but I also really want to write about love and friendship. — Phoebe Waller-Bridge Copy Share Image
This book was written in those long hours I spent waiting for my wife to get dressed to go out. And if… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
So, there I was, tied to an altar made from outdated encyclopedias, about to get sacrificed to the dark powers by a… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“As someone who has to teach for a living, I shouldn't be saying this, but the planet can do quite well without… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Writing mirrors the interior self. You know, any book is like the perfect blueprint of the psyche of the author. — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“He simply could not write a further word. Writer’s block, he thought. It happens to the most brilliant of writers.” — Sharon Maas Copy Share Image
Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes,… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
Mollie Hunter was both a great friend and a very fine writer for children. She was fascinated by Scotland's history and its… — Joan Lingard Copy Share Image
“Reading is a respite from the restlessness of technology, but it's not only that. It's how I reset and recharge. It's how… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
a novel is not born of a single idea. The stories I've tried to write from one idea, no matter how terrific… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I don't practice, but I am still officially in paediatrics. I keep in touch with journals, and I have a very good… — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
A novel is a relationship, you know? When you read a book, the writer has done half the work, and you're doing… — Noah Hawley Copy Share Image
One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself.… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time. A book may measure so-called reality as a clock measures so-called… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Paul's the writer. Yeah, I wrote a little of that stuff, but that's just technically true. In spirit, and in essence of… — Art Garfunkel Copy Share Image
At the beginning of my career as a writer, I felt I knew nothing of Chinese culture. I was writing about emotional… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
It's an interesting job, it's a fascinating job, I can't imagine anything that would have given me more satisfaction, and not everything… — Dennis O'Neil Copy Share Image
I want to get up there and tell entertaining stories but that are also to a certain extent clean. — Jon Heder Copy Share Image
“Learn to write. Never mind the damn statistics. If you like statistics, become a CPA.” — Amit Tiwari Copy Share Image
Children who are readers will develop acceptable levels of literacy. — Stephen D. Krashen Copy Share Image
The older I get, the more I seek to use a plain prose style, concentrating more on story. — John Scott Copy Share Image
“Librarians are your very best friend. And don't ever think otherwise.” — Rett MacPherson Copy Share Image
I really didnt intend to become an author, but I just happened to fall into it. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
“Antique pages were a scent that should be bottled up and sold to those who adored the aroma.” — Kerri Maniscalco Copy Share Image
“I have never seen a peaceful environment better than libraries” — Abid Hussain Library Officer Copy Share Image
I realised that what I loved was descriptive writing rather than something with a plot. — Arlo Parks Copy Share Image
