Writer Quotes · Page 582

no two writers go about things in exactly the same way (intro)

— Stephenie Meyer

That's the kind of motif I bring to the books - that people take charge of their own lives.

— Maeve Binchy

I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55.

— Mark Twain

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.

— Mark Twain

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

— Elia Kazan

“Books are used to disprove thoughts, but to nourish them.”

— Reader With a Cause

I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.

— A. N. Wilson

And how could anyone consent to give up the smell of open books, old or new?

— Elizabeth Kostova

Originally I was going to write a fashion style guide, but then my publishers suggested I write a novel instead.

— Tinsley Mortimer

One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.

— Suzanne Collins

I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something…

— Charlaine Harris

I keep 'The Paper Bag Princess' by Robert Munsch on my shelf to remind me that my prince will love me no…

— Brittany Snow

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

— Katherine Paterson

The biggest challenge I think every publisher is facing is how do we get readers to pay for content? So we're constantly…

— Maria Rodale

Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.

— Richard Flanagan

But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have other and much more…

— W. Somerset Maugham

My secret for writing is going back to clarity. I'm very clear about what I want to accomplish-the goal-and then the next…

— Brian Tracy

“To the Reader" As you read, a white bear leisurely pees, dyeing the snow saffron, and as you read, many gods lie…

— Denise Levertov

“[Writing about themselves] gives them wings, so that they can rise above the confounding maze of their lives and, from that perspective,…

— Wally Lamb

“It is generally understood that a modern-day book may honorably be based upon an older one, especially since, as Dr. Johnson observed,…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Money by Martin Amis. I read it when I was 15, I read it hundreds of times since then and it always…

— Robert Pattinson

I never thought about writing a novel until I was 13, and that happened by chance. I was on school holidays, and…

— Alexandra Adornetto

I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and reading even before that. My mom still has stories that I…

— Linda Sue Park

Reading, because we control it, is adaptable to our needs and rhythms. We are free to indulge our subjective associative impulse; the…

— Sven Birkerts

Falconer's grasp of period and places is almost flawless ... He's my kind of writer.

— Peter Corris

“As for thy thirst after books, away with it with all speed.”

— Marcus Aurelius

“Short stories force us to keep our distance from the characters; novels bring us closer to them.”

— David Mikics

That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.

— Jhumpa Lahiri

For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived.

— Louis L'Amour

If you read a lot, the more you learn about people and places.

— Montel Vontavious Porter

“It’s the natural trajectory of a writing career that a writer becomes better at being herself.”

— Amy Hempel

If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms.

— Charles J. Shields

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

— Dani Shapiro

“Sooner or later people believe writers rather than the government.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

“Like my Kindle paper-white but no substitute for a hardcover book. JKA”

— Jim Allen

I write in a journal occasionally. But it is not a daily discipline for me.

— Sue Monk Kidd

“Be Patient. For what was written for you was written by the greatest of writers.”

— Islamic

I write autobiographically, although I apply liberal amounts of poetic license.

— Michael Franks

Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality.

— Julia Cameron

I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe.

— Katherine Boo