“As we write, so we build: to keep a record of what matters to us.” — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“In my case, I chose writing in place of death, and because I lacked faith.” — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
When a new book comes out or becomes accessible in whatever form, I get it and I read it. — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
Books bear him up a while, and make him try to swim with bladders of philosophy. — John Wilmot Copy Share Image
Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big… — Padgett Powell Copy Share Image
“While some people are good at painting, playing an instrument or singing, I have been told more than once I am good… — Eric Arrouze Copy Share Image
My natural inclination is to think in scenes. So that's how I write, and the issue for me is usually: what to… — Leigh Newman Copy Share Image
When writing fiction, you only have to know enough to be convincing on the page. I mean really convincing, of course -… — Simon Mawer Copy Share Image
In fiction, we are not bound by social convention, so the things that mystify and unsettle are allowed to rise to the… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end. — Tahir Shah Copy Share Image
“He believed in the unarguable notion that if a young person is lucky enough to read the right books at the right… — Charles Cumming Copy Share Image
Readers must be given room to bring their own emotions to a piece so crammed with emotional content; the writer must tenaciously… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
If you ask me now, I think every single writer whose work I've read has had some influence upon me, and I… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
“Do you ever hide books you've read over and over again because you're so sick of them?' 'Oh, definitely. When they ask… — Gina Sheridan Copy Share Image
I have no sense of a model or predecessor when I write a memoir: For me, the form exists as a method… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
I certainly don't sit down and plan a book out before I write it. There's a phrase I use called "The Valley… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He made us write papers without using “good,” “bad,” “very,” “like,” or any form of “to be,” and it was the native… — James Browning Copy Share Image
I refuse to do anything easy. I'm writing for the smartest person out there. I'm not equating myself with the smartest person… — Larry Gelbart Copy Share Image
“Do get a copy of this book you can keep. If you use it right, it’ll be covered in dirt and blood… — James Breakwell Copy Share Image
“In the seventies I used to work in the bedroom of my flat at a little table. I worked in longhand with… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
