It's hard to describe the work of the British-born Australian writer Elizabeth Jolley without somewhat misrepresenting it. — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
My idea of what's good and bad and right and wrong is maybe greyer than most, and I like writing about that. — Shaun Cassidy Copy Share Image
I write dozens and dozens of pages more than I need, and then edit them down to size. It's more like sculpture… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
You know, as a writer, I'm more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
“Let me give you a piece of advice: Leo Tolstoy is not the only human being on this planet. Yet all I… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When you write, you're supposed to go stand somewhere else for a while, see things from a perspective that's not in line… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
“Whose book is it anyway? The hardest thing a writer has to learn is that once you publish a book, it's no… — Julie Bertagna Copy Share Image
“Who's Mrs. Gummidge?' 'If you're a good girl and get well soon I'll lend you the book.' 'Oh, somebody in a book!… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“say, “Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
She did not want to read this book from start to finish, or rather, she thought perhaps it did not want her… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Steven Pinker says, the invention of printing and the widespread appearance of fiction - this taught empathy. If you read a novel,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its ills, its… — Ken Saro-Wiwa Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, if you watch a few of the free YouTube videos and decide you would want to hear more, you can buy… — Caroline Porter Thomas Copy Share Image
“I'd get confused and write down things just to write them down and I came to this realization that I didn't do… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is… — Cynthia Rylant Copy Share Image
“On the table beside me is a book entitled Love’s Desperate Desire. Based on the cover, I would have called it My… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I am constantly trying to figure things out, and writing and decompressing is a way for me to analyze and try and… — Erin Willett Copy Share Image
Real writers - serious writers with serious subjects, who earn their living at it - all seem to write in small rooms… — Peter York Copy Share Image
I like when people are very passionate about what they want to write about. Even if it's silly, you can be very… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
Some stories or passages are more difficult and demand more fussing with than others, but, in general, I'm a two-draft writer rather… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I've always been an avid reader. Everyone in my family read a lot. Considering we were from a little town, we were… — John Malkovich Copy Share Image
“Reading is too intimate,' Spofforth said. 'It will put you too close to the feelings and ideas of others. It will disturb… — Walter Tevis Copy Share Image
I don't have a schedule, but I can write for hours non-stop. If I'm drafting a book, I try and do a… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Knut Hamsun's writing is magical. His sentences are glowing; he could write about anything and make it alive. Of contemporary writers, Thure… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
“He wondered if burned books made a special kind of smoke that clung to the world forever, in the same way that… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
I do have trouble starting books. I have ideas that I have trouble starting to write. But I'm the kind of person… — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
I vividly remember being 14. That was the age when I started to get happy: I started being a writer and stopped… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
I've taken a certain a pride in all of my books. They devour so much time and energy that you have to… — Catherine Mayer Copy Share Image
You write your first draft with your heart and you re-write with your head. The first key to writing is to write,… — Sean Connery Copy Share Image
“But I’m not sure it actually matters what we read. Our lives continue along the straight lines that have been set out… — Anthony Horowitz Copy Share Image
Writing directly from a feeling of anger or sadness is difficult, but if you distract part of your brain with word games,… — Matthea Harvey Copy Share Image
“The beauty of writing is imagining new endings to a time of darkness, like burning off a morning fog with the heat… — J.J. Brown Copy Share Image
My main piece of advice would be dont worry about being published - just write a really good book, but also dont… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
Every child is different. I think it's important that we don't have maybe just one or two books that we're recommending to… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The flow of writing is always a surprise and a challenge. Click the computer on and I am 17 again, wanting to… — Don Murray Copy Share Image
“As an author, I want to write what I’m inspired to write. Not what my readers want me to write. I feel… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
