Githa Hariharan's fiction is wonderful-full of subtleties and humor and tenderness. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
His books are exciting and powerful and — if I may filch the word from the booksy ones — pulsing. — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
To be honest, I'm not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
I find that writing unit tests actually increases my programming speed — Martin Fowler Copy Share Image
“Life was too short for bad books, or even good books that you just don’t like.” — Sarah Moriarty Copy Share Image
Kate Atkinson is an absolute must-read. I love everything she writes. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I've written some great things. That's a gift, but there's consequences. Yeah, you get this great work, but you suffer. You really,… — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
The book, the idea of a book or the image of a book, is a symbol of learning, of transmitting knowledge.. I… — Anselm Kiefer Copy Share Image
“How do you write like tomorrow won’t arrive? How do you write like you need it to survive? How do you write… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“Academics always feel that they deserve more. (Roberto Bolano) Reading and enjoying fine literature is a highly cultivated and refined activity, whereas… — Kim Leine Copy Share Image
I'm still very blunt: If you want to be a writer, get a day job. The fact that I have actually been… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
Now and then, when I look round on my books, they seem to waver as if a wind rippled their solid mass,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
I started to read my first book at about the age of six. I started to write a book simultaneously. Not to… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
My mother told me that at the age of 6 or 7,1 would walk around reading out loud. I would go through… — James Doohan Copy Share Image
And most of all, books. They were, in and of themselves, reasons to stay alive. Every book written is the product of… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
“The hours tick by as I lie in bed. Memories keep surfacing, tormenting me into unbelievable sadness. I can't bring myself to… — Ashley Earley Copy Share Image
“Paradox is beloved of novelists. The despised savior, the humane whore, the selfish man suddenly munificent, the wise fool, and the cowardly… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
“And, you see, the little boy’s father was working hard to make the Negroes sweat on the peanut plantation, and he thought… — Michèle Audin Copy Share Image
You've got to be a good reader. So whatever genre that you're interested in, read a lot of books about it and… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
Whenever it feels good to write, I just am so relieved, and that is the one revelation every time. I thank God… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
“Believe it or not working in libraries is very similar to working on an ambulance or a fire truck. You take care… — Lori Reed Copy Share Image
It's our job as fiction writers to provide a delight that nothing else can - to such a degree that people have… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
Reading is important - read between the lines. Don't swallow everything. — Gwendolyn Brooks Copy Share Image
I can't write - I can't think like a woman... it's not natural, but I've tried. — John Grisham Copy Share Image
I don’t see why it matters what is written. Not when it’s about people. It can always be crossed out. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.” — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“It was an irresistible novelty having a conversation about books with a stranger.” — Jaclyn Dolamore Copy Share Image
“A book can take you to another land, even if just for a few hours. --Cat Spydell” — Cat Spydell Copy Share Image
It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised. — David Leavitt Copy Share Image
Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
For me, writing is something that I need to do. If I'm not writing, I'm not happy. — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
I've got to overcome that tendency to hide what I write or throw it away. — Tiffany Darwish Copy Share Image
