Usually by the time I finish a book tour I've just about had it with the book. — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“You know it's desperate," she said. "Shane is going to the library. ” — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
A novelist who writes nothing for 10 years finds his reputation rising. Because I keep on producing books they say there must… — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
“I don’t get writer's block because I don’t believe in it. I believe you sit in front of the computer and force… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, sometimes you have to spend time poking at a part of yourself that normal, sane people leave alone. — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“Now called for something drastically un-running away. Now called for--what? Suddenly I had it. Now called for being a librarian! (--Sally Jay… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
“For a child a library needs to be round the corner. And if we lose local libraries it is children who will… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' is such a powerful book, and 'Love in the Time of Cholera' is so… — Anjelica Huston Copy Share Image
I have always thought of myself as a writer, only because I need things to direct, and I can't not write the… — David Lowery Copy Share Image
People who want to express themselves effectively can learn a lot from the hard-won concision of the copywriter. — David Droga Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
By writing her self, woman will return to the body which has been more than confiscated from her, which has been turned… — Helene Cixous Copy Share Image
Characters to me are like sonnets, they have limits that you obey which allow a force to enter in, an invention that… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“My definition of a good book is one that you would read for pleasure despite having no prior interest in the subject.… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
I never write with any kind of message, and I don't think that this book, 'Goodbye, Stranger' has a message in the… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
Which, of course, isn't the point of writing - but it would be nice if, along with the creative satisfaction of writing… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder… — Leo Lionni Copy Share Image
“An opportunity lost may have motivated us to find a satisfying alternative. Adversity or suffering may have taught us certain important skills.… — Nan Merrick Phifer Copy Share Image
Only in today's sick society can a man be persecuted for reading too many books. — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“I'm a novelist. Anything you say can be taken down and used against you in a work of fiction.” — Anne R. Allen Copy Share Image
I'm a big believer in big books, and that doesn't necessarily mean long books. — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
I wish I wrote drafts and then revised them, but I don't. What I do is I seem to revise as I… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I think it is an important question of our lives - what is the meaning of literature to us as humans. — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
“One of the great gifts of fiction is that it asks us to stretch our empathy.” — Rowan Hisayo Buchanan Copy Share Image
I read many wonderful novels, though I now find the idea of literary fiction obsolete. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
There is, in my mind, no higher compliment to pay a non-fiction book than to say it reads like a novel. — Jon Weisman Copy Share Image
