The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
What I see in the book is an exquisite form of technology: one that doesn't require a power source and can be… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
“I like how books let you into another world, but how it's secret. Like, when you read, the world you see is… — Clare Fisher Copy Share Image
Literature is the adventure. It's the story, it's the fight, it's people falling in love, it's people with deep personality disorders who… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“The best way to write is to lock yourself in a small room until you become so bored that the only thing… — Jack Freestone Copy Share Image
“The writer,' said Donald Barthelme, 'is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.' In this mode of… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Editing can feel incredibly burdensome for self-published authors when you are tasked to reread your work, for what feels like, a thousand… — Robin S. Baker Copy Share Image
“It is dangerous to condemn stories as junk which satisfy the deep hunger of millions of people. These books are not literary… — Judith Skelton-Grant Copy Share Image
Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When I'm sure I have a story, I call my collaborators and we begin to discuss it. And we conduct studies of… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
When I started out, I didn't have any writing routine, I had a job. Writing was a hobby I indulged in over… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
As a young child I wanted to be a writer because writers were rich and famous. They lounged around Singapore and Rangoon… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Many years ago, when I was just about as complete a failure as one can become, I began to spend a good… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances; what counts, as with all stimuli,… — Nicholas Delbanco Copy Share Image
For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I don't quite know how to write what I must, But on this one page, I'll write what I trust. I trust… — Azgraybebly Josland Copy Share Image
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Few things in life are less efficient than a group of people trying to write a sentence. The advantage of this method… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I think parents should know what their children are reading, and if they truly object, they should tell their kids why, rather… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3) The stylist 4) The critic. 1 supplies… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“It was never about the world being too big, it was more like she was too much for the world to handle.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its… — Martha Grimes Copy Share Image
“Equipment will never help you write a lot; only making a schedule and sticking to it will make you a productive writer.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
You don't market-research a novel; you really are writing it for yourself. It's a hobby, in many ways. The problem becomes what… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge & enhance… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius.… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Just write the best you can about the things that concern you most. I never lose sight of the fact that just… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
“A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh, and motion, and a… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I don't like to use writing assignments, exercises. I think too often people get comfortable writing in that vein, but you can't… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Books are wonderful. They are like people, except they mind less when you put them down and wander off to eat something. — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
I like the idea of being a working writer, not of saying that it's going to take me 30 years to write… — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
I've seen the needless struggles that deaf children and deaf people face, and that gave me the impetus to write. — Rachel Shenton Copy Share Image
If you're hooked on the physical act of writing, there's a good chance of your hanging in there long enough to say… — Peter Meinke Copy Share Image
A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper. But… — Gloria Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
“Most short fiction falls into one of three categories: stories of conflict, stories of decision, or stories of discovery…The story of conflict… — Nancy Sakaduski Copy Share Image
I wrote one called 'The No Hotel.' I got inspired in 1989 while I was on a trip down to Brazil, and… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
