People who are wary of what they might find in a book if they opened one are right to be. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Writing novels is where I'm most comfortable. It's a very intimate experience. — Matthew Nable Copy Share Image
You are not mentally developed by what you read, but by what you think about what you read. — Wallace D. Wattles Copy Share Image
And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened. — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
“The commander went, as they say in Ankh-Morpork, totally Librarian on them.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes.… — David Walliams Copy Share Image
Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences. — Jim Rash Copy Share Image
I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
I write a lot when I'm feeling bummed, but other times, you get locked in, and it's totally personal. If you're really… — Kurt Vile Copy Share Image
Often the true hero and heroines of my books are the houses, the places, the communities where people find a home. — Jackie French Copy Share Image
“Books are keys to wisdom's treasure; Books are gates to lands of pleasure; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are friends.… — Emilie Poulsson Copy Share Image
I would like to be writing more because people are constantly asking me questions, and I write down what they are asking… — Eartha Kitt Copy Share Image
Even in my side of the world, I've been in publishing for what, 25 or 26 years, and it's gone from being… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
When I finally began to publish, my father never read my work. He'd say, 'Oh, that's your mother's sort of thing.' But… — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
“You are a lover of words, one day you will write a book People turn to you, because you give voice to… — Ashley Rice Copy Share Image
The Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger (tutor to Nero) complained that his peers were wasting time and money accumulating too many books,… — Daniel Levitin Copy Share Image
The only good writing is intuitive writing. It would be a big bore if you knew where it was going. It has… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don't understand very… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If you want to be good at anything, you have to work hard at it. It doesn't just fall from the sky.… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
By definition, memoir demands a certain degree of introspection and self-disclosure: In order to fully engage a reader, the narrator has to… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
“Instead, I mean the formal aspect of a literary work that makes it possible for critics to describe a text as, say,… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
“I was writing, writing all the time, in my head, looking out at the world.” — Bonnie Greer Copy Share Image
Emotional truths can sometimes be conveyed more effectively, more compellingly, through fiction. — Diana Ossana Copy Share Image
I am slow. A sentence often takes an hour to compose before I throw it out. What can you do? — Edith Pearlman Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a novel, I'm usually just trying to write about things that are interesting to me. — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these." - Mr. Darcy — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We are writing fiction, but we are trying to create a world that's believable. — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere. — Clifford Geertz Copy Share Image
“All writers are readers first, and all of us write the sort of books we want to read.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I'm somewhere between a gumshoe and a journalist. A writer, not a symbol. — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
It takes me two to three years to write a novel. A screenplay is 100 pages and takes five years. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a bad book, I just like some books more than others. - Chris Geiger” — Chris Geiger Copy Share Image
