“Books are doors to other dimensions, you never know where they are going to take you.” — F. Carod Copy Share Image
You cannot hope to sweep someone else away by the force of your writing until it has been done to you. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels. — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
One of underestimated tasks in nonfiction writing is to impose narrative shape on an unwieldy mass of material. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“In fact a few simple mathematical calculations reveal that if reference librarians were paid at market rates for all the roles they… — Will Manley Copy Share Image
When you write for children and young adults, you have much more affect and influence on them than when you write for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Following takes why. Transactions take what. It has to be real. It has to be the same for writing a book. — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
“Writing makes me hard, like a fisherman, and brown from the heat. Tossing out and reeling in is a job for visionaries… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
“Of all the myths surrounding academic writing, the fallacy of effortless productivity is among the most persistent.” — Helen Sword Copy Share Image
Thoth, Hermes, the stylus, the palette, the pen, the quill endure, though our books are a floor of smouldering ash under our… — Hilda Doolittle Copy Share Image
I think it's much more natural as a writer to want to tell one story rather than lots of small stories that… — Alice Lowe Copy Share Image
Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
“We are a vertically integrated publishing house that equips readers to make positive changes in their lives and in the world around… — Microcosm Publishing Copy Share Image
Well, my father Kingsley Amis was a writer and it seemed natural to start writing in my late teens. I think it… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“Feeling like she really was just seven or eight, Claire sat down on the floor, books all around her, and she opened… — Jennifer Lynn Barnes Copy Share Image
Fiction can show you a different world. It can take you somewhere you've never been. Once you've visited other worlds, like those… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Write. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don’t write it right, just write it -and then make it right later. Give… — Tara Moss Copy Share Image
I have served many long and lonely years aboard ship in war zones, and the only thing that kept me sane during… — Don Pendleton Copy Share Image
When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“I've come to the realization that I really only want to write books that maybe I can't write.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I spend many hours in conversation with wonderful characters from fantastic books.” — Patti Roberts Copy Share Image
To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it. — David Grann Copy Share Image
The best way for me to procrastinate as a writer is research. — Quiara Alegria Hudes Copy Share Image
I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer. — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
I wish I could say I write 9-5. It's usually more like 8-6, every day but the weekends. — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
My best advice to writers is get yourself born in an interesting place. — Pierre Berton Copy Share Image
The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you. — Michael Arndt Copy Share Image
