I'd like for the young people, and older ones, too, who don't count themselves as readers, to know the joy of reading… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Any book that you're writing about your life, there are tough chapters that you've gotten through, you've survived them, and kind of… — Shannon Bream Copy Share Image
Each source that I read, I would look through the bibliography and the footnotes, and use that as a map for the… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
I remember very little about writing the first series of 'Hitchhiker's.' It's almost as if someone else wrote it. — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
The chief difference between good writing and better writing may be measured by the number of imperceptible hesitations the reader experiences as… — James J. Kilpatrick Copy Share Image
Nonfiction is more personal for me. It's more personal in that it's more direct, and actually it's always been more direct, even… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
People who read my books have an open mind when it comes to new, bizarre, interesting and exciting ideas. — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
“If I organize my life in such a way that I get lots of long, consecutive, uninterrupted time-chunks, I can write novels.… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
“Listen, Stephen King used to write in the washroom of his trailer after his kids went to sleep. Harlan Ellison wrote in… — Bernard Schaffer Copy Share Image
“The woman was putting her purse in the drawer and settling down behind the desk, and I realized I had never seen… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
When I wrote my fictional novels, they always had a starting point of something real. Those images that are not real are… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
“Emotional upheavals touch every part of our lives. You don’t just lose a job, you don’t just get divorced. These things affect… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
“This same library is my den — the only corner of the Hall-house where I am safe from my … cousins. They… — Walter Scott Copy Share Image
Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best liars lie with their eyes rather than with their words. This might put writers at a disadvantage. — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
Terry Farish seems to breathe the reader into the emotional spaces of war, exile, and refugee life. The Good Braider is a… — Uma Krishnaswami Copy Share Image
“Reading those books is all he does these days. I think he’s even read some of them twice . What kind of… — Derek Landy Copy Share Image
To me, writing is the most fun. It's not always fun, but finally when you make it come out the way you… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I wake up in the morning and my mind starts making sentences, and I have to get rid of them fast -… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The response to 'The Greatest Generation' and the books that followed has been one of the most satisfying experiences of my life. — Tom Brokaw Copy Share Image
“Take what interests and knowledge you can from books, but do not let them replace words and thoughts of your own.” — Pai Kit Fai 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
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
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
“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
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
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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
I grew up in Des Moines. My dad had a house full of books, things like P.G. Wodehouse books and 'Wuthering Heights'… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
Overall, the library held a hushed exultation, as though the cherished volumes were all singing soundlessly within their covers. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
![“If I organize my life in such a way that I get lots of long, consecutive, uninterrupted time-chunks, I can write novels. [If I instead get interrupted a lot] what replaces it? Instead of a novel that will be around for a long time… there is a bunch of e-mail messages that I have sent out to…” quote by Cal Newport](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/90e/cal-newport-1302_books_if-i-organize-my-life-in-such-a-way-that_1000847.jpg)
