A fondness for reading, properly directed, must be an education in itself. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like giving birth. Marketing a book is like giving birth in the 12th century.” — John Heartfield Copy Share Image
Places of incredible glamour, possibility, power, excitement and pleasure. Love your libraries! — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
God forbid that any book should be banned. The practice is as indefensible as infanticide. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I had a lot of really emo stories as a kid. I wrote a lot of fan fiction. — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read. — Evan Esar Copy Share Image
No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason; they made no such demand upon… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There's a lot of writing that breaks the mold of a veteran being one thing instead of every single person being their… — Fred Hechinger Copy Share Image
Writers should avoid the academy. When a writer begins to accept pay for talking about words, we know what he will produce… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I wrote my first book when I was 22 years old. I have a way with words and I love to write.… — Tony Gaskins Copy Share Image
A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if… — C. S. Forester Copy Share Image
I know it's a lot of fun for you guys to write a lot of wacky things. Go ahead, if you want… — Clint Bowyer Copy Share Image
While growing up, I always had to depend on foreign authors for page-turners. I think of myself as a commercial writer, and… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“What can we do, then, to recognize that yes, grading and its traditions are still present, but so is the writer? Feedback,… — Patty McGee Copy Share Image
My process with starting a new project and whatnot is I begin around a title. Usually, based off of just a title,… — Alexander Spit Copy Share Image
“Writing teachers invariably tell students, write about what you know. That's, of course, what you have to do, but on the other… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
What I aspire to do, and what I try the hardest to do, is write stuff that's very personal in its way.… — Jason Robert Brown Copy Share Image
Praise or damn as you please, but do so rather flatly, pragmatically, with cunning attention to annoying or gratifying details. Be yourself.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Vic smelled the vast vault filled with books before she saw it, because her eyes required time to adjust to the cavernous… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“Many a reader who wanted to read a tale through was not able to do it because of delays on account of… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
