She never said, "No, don't buy that trash," or "Pick a real book." She knew they were all real books. This is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
After a while, when the writer is mature, it doesn't really matter - not because of finances but because of reputation. It… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
“In a sense, we can tell a lot about anyone by looking at what books, if any, he reads, at what books… — James V. Schall Copy Share Image
“A writer isn’t a writer because he has a membership card but because he writes. How do you know what bright ideas… — Mikhail Bulgakov Copy Share Image
Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
As a schoolboy, I loved Charles Dickens. His 'David Copperfield' has had the strongest influence on me - I looked up to… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
One of the things that draws writers to writing is that they can get things right that they got wrong in real… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
The art of not reading is a very important one. It consists in not taking an interest in whatever may be engaging… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Sometimes you don't really know what you're going to write about. I mean, there's times where you get into a writing room… — Gabby Barrett Copy Share Image
“Any fiction writer who has never had his work misunderstood couldn't have written a lot. Somehow along the way you are going… — Rotimi Ogunjobi Copy Share Image
The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. Then there is… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“Every book is a mystery. And if you read all the books ever written, it's like you've read one giant mystery. And… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“No possession can surpass, or even equal a good library, to the lover of books. Here are treasured up for his daily… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really believe in people putting stories out there that contain the most difficult moments because nothing to me is more lonely… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every day I do try to… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories… — Satyajit Ray Copy Share Image
“There's a big difference between us. I write non-fiction, you write fiction. I write truths that tell lies. You write lies that… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
I breathed the air of deliverance through books, and through books I leapt over the walls of confinement.. — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
Well, you know, I'm quite a reluctant writer. I'm not someone who set out to be a writer or really wanted to… — Jennifer Westfeldt Copy Share Image
I'd be a dope to compare my writing with Wallace Stegner's, but that book probably influenced me in ways I didn't even… — Elizabeth Crook Copy Share Image
Good writing , like gold , combines lustrous lucidity with high density. What this means is good writing is packed with hints. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
As a writer, you're not even at the party when you work in film. At best, you're the one laying out the… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
In this job, there are some simple pleasures that really help you cope. One is books, I mean, books are a great… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
A man ought to inquire and find out what he really and truly has an appetite for; what suits his constitution; and… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
You see, the contemporary writer must write through his intimations of unease, while trying to elucidate them. — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Le Corbusier is an outstanding writer. His ideas achieved their impact in large measure because he could write so convincingly. His style… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
My parents were in the book business, my brothers still run the Dutton bookstores in Los Angeles, and I've been interested in… — Denis Dutton Copy Share Image
At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books, books should really be inexpensive lightweight paperbacks… — Rudy Rucker Copy Share Image
I know in this time of great technological advancement, the idea of reading a book seems almost anachronistic, but I think it's… — Garth Stein Copy Share Image
I put off writing the first Left Behind book for a year because I got invited to assist Billy Graham in his… — Jerry B. Jenkins Copy Share Image
Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Research is a lifelong occupation so it's hard to factor it in, but I reckon most books take 5 months from start… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
You can write nothing of value unless you give yourself wholly to the the theme -- and when you so give yourself… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
I love revisions...We can't go back and revise our lives, but being allowed to go back and revise what we have written… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty… — Garry Trudeau Copy Share Image
Your readers should be so compelled to read your copy that they cannot stop reading until they read all of it as… — Joseph Sugarman Copy Share Image
We've been given this great gift, this huge canvas of these beautiful books by George Martin, and the idea of telling this… — D. B. Weiss Copy Share Image
