I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers. — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I write because writing is the gift God has given me to help people in the world. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
When you're writing something that is truly original it takes time. — Daniel Lissing Copy Share Image
What I love is how pissed off Jane Eyre is. She's in a rage for the whole novel and the payoff is… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“As for advice—write as much as you can! Time’s ticking, and if you don’t throw everything you have into your stories today,… — Darren Shan Copy Share Image
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a… — Michael Lewis Copy Share Image
I do truly believe that the smallest stories can wind up being the biggest because it's through the specific that a writer… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
“You’ll get so tired of Blair Water — you’ll know all the people in it — what they are and can be… — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
Sometimes, you write things that sound really great when you're at home but don't work when you shine the light of an… — Julian Barratt Copy Share Image
To justify an unorthodox life by writing about it is to re-inscribe the original violation, to re-violate masculine turf. — Nancy K. Miller Copy Share Image
As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourself. And that's a danger for… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
For myself, the only way I know how to make a book is to construct it like a collage: a bit of… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I've written books for awhile, but always on a pretty small scale and always pretty self-indulgent. I chose projects that I thought… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
I think that very often younger writers don't appreciate how much hard work is involved in writing. The part of writing that's… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
But we should ask the question: Why should a writer be more than a writer? Why should a writer be a guru?… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
You've read half the books in this house? This whole house?" "Well, approximately half." Sticky said. "To be more accurate, I suppose… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a horrible writer, your own… — Issa Rae Copy Share Image
“You go into the office and take a book or two from the shelves. You read a few lines, like your life… — Jim Thompson Copy Share Image
