“Writer is always alone. But every author is a creator, and gods are lonely.” — Lara Biuts Copy Share Image
I wrote my first history book when I was four. I still have it so I can prove it. — Bettany Hughes Copy Share Image
“Marshall McLuhan predicted books would become art objects at some point. He was right.” — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
I write, fighting for every sentence, fighting to hold the reader with every paragraph. — Hector Tobar Copy Share Image
The best essays come from the moment in which people really need to work something out. — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
“Learning comes from books; penetration of a mystery from suffering.” — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
These pages are not my confession; they’re my definition. And I feel, as I begin to write it, that I can write… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
People that don't write, whatever it is, they just assume you sit down and it magically pours out like Amaedus, and it's… — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I learn that life is a book, every day is a new page, every month is a new chapter and every year… — Enhance Dreams Copy Share Image
An author never has a vacation. He's a walking sponge, sopping up impressions till he's saturated, then going to his desk and… — Ben Ames Williams Copy Share Image
“Never give birth to children thoughtlessly!'' I want to shout it out loud.That is why, stroke by faltering stroke, I've written this… — Sayo Masuda Copy Share Image
I have no patience with up-themselves authors who complain about having to trail round a few bookshops signing stock. — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks… — Anatole France Copy Share Image
To make a library It takes two volumes And a fire. Two volumes and a fire, And interest. The interest alone will… — Carolyn Wells Copy Share Image
Writing a novel isn't like building a brick wall. You don't figure out how to do it, and then it gets easier… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
“So the beloved children's book author took a deep breath, opened his own book to the very first page, and began reading,… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
There is a great quote from a female writer. She said, 'If you don't break out in a sweat of fear when… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary… — Laurie Alberts Copy Share Image
Writing a story I am just trying to find some little interesting thing to start out with: something small, even trivial. Preferably… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I always think the most important thing for a writer is a deadline, and it's the same with a house. They say… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield. The Afghan War that was waged by Alexander the Great 2000 years ago… — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
“The essential criterion for running a bookstore is less "Do you like books?" than "Do you like people?" Ironically, we find that… — Wendy Welch Copy Share Image
Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
I have all of Pu La's books and have reread each and every one of his works, multiple times. — Ashok Saraf Copy Share Image
“Writing is about bringing words together to fullfill a purpose!!” — Angela Y. Hodge Copy Share Image
The only thing that's authentic about what a writer writes is his work. — Bryce Courtenay Copy Share Image
The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out. — Josh Lieb Copy Share Image
If I stop writing I am dead. And that's the only way I'll stop: dead. — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“It's a journal, Reynard. Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.” — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
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