I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
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I felt like I had never really heard of a story that reflected the stuff I was going through as a mom.… — Katherine Center Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to take over the world, but I find it really rewarding to write, and I thrive on learning. — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
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Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps. — Leonard Bishop Copy Share Image
So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
It's great that there are so many different kinds of books for kids and adults to choose from. I think an eclectic… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
My background is really being a writer's actor - that seems to be the way I work best, bringing out the best… — Lindsay Duncan Copy Share Image
The problem with an autobiography is that all these extra factors make it difficult. You don't want to hurt people's feelings. You… — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
For more than twenty years he [Blanchard] toiled on through the most fatiguing paths of literary composition, mostly in periodicals, often anonymously;… — Samuel Laman Blanchard Copy Share Image
Publishing your work is important. Even if you are giving a piece to some smaller publication for free, you will learn something… — Tim Cahill Copy Share Image
It took time to learn that the hard thing about writing is to let the story write itself, while one sits at… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Everyone has a bookplate these days, and the collectors are after it. The fool and his bookplate are soon parted. To distribute… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
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For me, writing became a way of processing not just my own experiences, but the experiences of other people, and their pain. — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
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My number one goal as a thriller writer is to entertain you. But I've got a chance to not only entertain people,… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
When you're writing, you're in a totally different zone... I can start a difficult poem and look up at the clock and… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I don't remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading,… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed; for every generation arrives… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
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We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
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