“Writing is magic for those willing to follow their imagination to a region where anything is possible.” — William Kotzwinkle Copy Share Image
Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done. — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
“What’s that?” "It’s a book.” "What’s that, then?” "A non-volatile storage medium. It’s very rare, you should have one.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“A writing day is like any other day. Except I live in my pajamas, I forget to eat, and I suddenly look… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
“The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer's sense of what a… — adam johnson Copy Share Image
“...there stood Remus, dressed in hat and cloak and carrying a satchel full of books as though we would be traveling for… — Richard Harvell Copy Share Image
“The courage to admit when you're wrong doesn't show weakness. It shows your strength. Your integrity speaks volumes about you as a… — Blaque Diamond Copy Share Image
“Why do I read? To know that I am alive. To know that hope and humanity exist in the world. To remember… — Gea Haff Copy Share Image
Writing itself, if not misunderstood and abused, becomes a way of empowering the writing self. It converts anger and disappointment into deliberate… — Ted Solotaroff Copy Share Image
Years ago when I got stuck, I'd start twirling my hair. That's not possible anymore. I can't prove the relationship between writing… — Eric Schlosser Copy Share Image
People offer me loads of stuff, and some of it I like, but I just can't do it because I can't write… — Michael Hirst Copy Share Image
I can't remember coming across a more precise evocation of innocence lost since Golding's The Lord of the Flies. With The Death… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Everybody has to share something. This is one of the most important laws of the human condition, is the necessity to share.… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
There is nothing on earth more exquisite than a bonny book, with well-placed columns of rich black writing in beautiful borders, and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“I learned that there are books and there are readers; given even the worst of circumstances, they get together. In the privacy… — Elizabeth McCracken Copy Share Image
When I had worked on my first book, I had readily shown bits and pieces to everyone - for encouragement, to force… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Lila is right, one writes not so much to write, one writes to inflict pain on those who wish to inflict pain.… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do… — Robert Hunter Copy Share Image
This was the time in her life that she fell upon books as the only door out of her cell. They became… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
I've heard some writers say things like, 'Well, I'm a professional writer. I only start books I know I can finish.' I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“Writing is a form of intense thinking that takes a person on a journey into previously uncharted territory of the writer’s mind.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
If writers possess a common temperament, it's that they tend to be shy egomaniacs; publicity is the spotlight they suffer for the… — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
I was always an outsider, always standing outside, observing and trying to figure things out. Which is exactly what you need to… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
Don't come to New York until you've finished a book. It's too expensive. You'll never write anything. You'll spend all your time… — Dale Peck Copy Share Image
“You say you have nothing to write about? How do you find things to talk about? You can write about those things… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
Once I read autobiography as what the writer thought about his or her life. Now I think, 'This is what they thought… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
The use of thesis-writing is to train the mind, or to prove that the mind has been trained; the former purpose is,… — Clifford Allbutt Copy Share Image
I want children to be glued to interactive books that encourage singing and dancing. I feel when kids work together it brings… — Lisa Loeb Copy Share Image
I tend to write things and review it afterwards and realise what comes out. I very rarely ever write something and have… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The word processor is a better tool than a quill pen because you can do so much more with it, but on… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
How I learned to read was by reading the captions on TV, and I grew up from a really young age watching… — Cameron Monaghan Copy Share Image
My mom worked as a pharmacist, but she is one of the best storytellers I know. My sister is a gospel and… — Tunde Adebimpe Copy Share Image
You have to be able to play: this is spontaneous interaction, and it flexes all the creative muscles you need as a… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
