When woman has a newspaper which fear and favor cannot touch, then it will be that she can freely write her own… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“Already there are too many books in the world. There are more every day. One man cannot hope to read them all.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The first time I picked up a law book, it was like I had done it all my life. There was just… — Isaac Wright Jr Copy Share Image
Having imagination, it takes you an hour to write a paragraph that, if you were unimaginative, would take you only a minute.… — Franklin P. Adams Copy Share Image
What a great thing! To be a writer! Words are something you can carry in your head. You can really 'travel light.' — Robert Creeley Copy Share Image
Most people who talk about either entitlement cuts or revenue - when you have to put pen to paper, it is much… — William M. Daley Copy Share Image
“Every time I sit down to write, I have a great fear that anything I write will reveal me as the monster… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I do not think novels are necessarily more worthwhile than games. A novel can be a trivial waste of time, and a… — Allegra Goodman Copy Share Image
“The difference between now and fifteen years ago is I don't think I was able, ever, to write any of those notebooks… — Chris Kraus Copy Share Image
Now that my kids are out of the house, I'm finally able to get to the classics I never read: Emily Bronte,… — Robin Wright Copy Share Image
Where I thrive is with my hands on the keyboard or my pen on the paper. One of the things I get… — Mara Brock Akil Copy Share Image
The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
I subscribe to the theory that reading a book is similar to walking a trail, and I'm most comfortable walking when I… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“Once, books appealed to a few people, here, there, everywhere. They could afford to be different. The world was roomy. But then… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer. But why? Why do you choose one set of tools rather than… — James D. Houston Copy Share Image
A lot of my close friends had tolerantly washed their hands of the whole idea of me writing a book. They had… — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
“There is a book for every walk of life. No matter the age, race, or gender there is something that will appeal… — Carmela Dutra Copy Share Image
It seems to me most people make the mistake of never building a following where they are considered a resource to their… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Naturally, people's image is of a performer, but the reality of it is the writing for me has always been the most… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
My biggest excuse to others and myself was that I had writer's block, as if it was some kind of illness. — Mary Garden Copy Share Image
“The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is quite possibly the Thriller Writer's bible.” — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
Give thy mind to books and libraries, and the literature and lore of the ages will give thee the wisdom of sage… — Newell Dwight Hillis Copy Share Image
Memoir implies the need to reveal something about yourself - to recount your life for educational purposes. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
I don't talk very well. With writing, you've time to get it right. Also I've found the more I talk the less… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
What can books of men that wive In a dragon-guarded land, Paintings of the dolphin-drawn Sea-nymphs in their pearly wagons Do, but… — William Butler Yeats Copy Share Image
“I never knew book were important than anything even humans until i discovered that books are straight forward why humans are unstable.” — Oladeji jeremy Copy Share Image
To write a good memoir you must become the editor of your own life, imposing on an untidy sprawl of half-remembered events… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“Writing is a profession that has no real career structure and your best advice when you hit a difficulty is probably going… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Book sense makes sense because someone has gone through it before and able to share it with you. Your job is to… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Read anything I write for the pleasure of reading it. Whatever else you find will be the measure of what you brought… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“I've never been high. Writing is my drug of choice. You don't ever have to come down from that kind of high,… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
I've never been particularly interested in genre distinctions. They seem to me more useful to a librarian than to a writer. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“He’s a genius with my Prius,” says the co-owner of Left Bank Books, the town’s independent bookstore. The” — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
It's a lot harder to write a story that's compelling about identity and sense of self without some villain in the room. — Peter Paige Copy Share Image
“[The writer] has to be the kind of man who turns the world upside down and says, lookit, it looks different, doesn’t… — Morris L. West Copy Share Image
What I do when I write is I just write the way I would tell it, so it comes out just exactly… — Carol Burnett Copy Share Image
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