“I like reading and all that, but a crave to get back to the life of my infancy and all its freedom.… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
The true writer, the born writer, will scribble words on scraps of litter, the back of a bus tickets, on the wall… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
If you get discouraged about a section of a novel, that can be more catastrophic than getting discouraged about an individual story. — Maggie Shipstead Copy Share Image
“After reading a good book, something must change in you! If nothing changed, then you can be sure that you haven't read… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
I don't personally like the e-readers they've come up with so far. I don't fetishize books, but I do like that they're… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
That's what it feels like when I write, like I have this beautiful world in my head, but when I try to… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“And the book (#7) is for whenever the hunt involves a lot of waiting around. Entertainment that won't eat up my batteries… — Marie Lu Copy Share Image
Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I think having a good agent is key. I've been with mine for ten years now, and she's very honest with me.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
“It's true," says Michael. "Dicken's novels came out in monthly installments. People couldn't wait for the next chapter to arrive. Mobs would… — Paul Acampora Copy Share Image
When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
If the Library of Alexandria was the emblem of our ambition of omniscience, the Web is the emblem of our ambition of… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“WHy bother to write if it isn't disturbing, banal, beautiful, hardcore, cutting edge and savage, and melts a readers mind because they… — Jane Brooke Copy Share Image
There's a difference between doing memoir and writing a novel. If I had put the story of the boy killing my dog… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I struggle with confidence, every time. I’m never completely sure I can write another book. Maybe my scope is too grand, my… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Required to be constantly recumbent I write slowly and with difficulty… Weakened in body by infirmities and in mind by age, now… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“I disappeared into books when I was very young, disappeared into them like someone running into the woods.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
I hate writing. I almost never write. I write against deadlines. And when I'm teaching, I'm focused on that. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
“Lucky Luke: I wonder how you manage to read with everything that's going on. Jolly Jumper: By turning the pages just like… — Morris Copy Share Image
Librarians are the coolest people out there doing the hardest job out there on the frontlines. And every time I get to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“A spectacular novel of colonial China that should put this first-time author on the map.” - Kirkus Reviews” — Milena Banks Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of woman who shows off my body; I'm a vocalist and I'm a writer and I think people… — Jazmine Sullivan Copy Share Image
The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest;… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
As for literature It gives no man a sinecure. And no one knows, at sight, a masterpiece. And give up verse, my… — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
If you imagine the world listening, you'll never write a line. That's why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I don't have a publisher yet, so I'm not in the process of that next stage and I don't know what that's… — Parker Posey Copy Share Image
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