“I'm like a book you have to read. A book can't read itself to you. It doesn't even know what it's about.”… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
I enjoy a special collegiality among other writers in the thriller community. They call me 'Canada's scariest writer,' and I love that. — Andrew Pyper Copy Share Image
In the past, a great library was the result of librarians functioning as guardians of culture, tending and caring, selecting and recommending… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
I like writing about what to me are like questions that I have about myself and the human condition. I find quantum… — Kirsten Vangsness Copy Share Image
“All I really want to do is spend my life traveling the world, reading books that take my breath away, drinking all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
One day when I was studying with Schoenberg, he pointed out the eraser on his pencil and said, 'This end is more… — John Cage Copy Share Image
“For writers, handing a manuscript off to an editor is like walking into a parole hearing. You’ve done the time but wonder… — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
I think publishing's strength is also its weakness. It's got such a rich and celebrated history as an industry. For the most… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
“Obviously as a writer you have to reflect on why your work is provoking such hostility, because all you want to do… — James Kelman Copy Share Image
To write well consists of continuously making small erosions, wearing away grammar in its established form, current norms of language. It is… — Jose Ortega y Gasset Copy Share Image
“Oftentimes, people meet our writing before they meet us; our writing is our first impression.People read our résumés, cover letters, proposals, and… — Jenny Baranick Copy Share Image
Don't fall into the trap of having to have everything perfect to write or wait until the mood strikes you. If you… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
Lately I've been thinking about the idea that all novels are, at least in some way, about the process of writing a… — Lucas Mann Copy Share Image
The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the… — V. S. Pritchett Copy Share Image
The closest thing to an outline is, because my memory is so bad now, if something occurs to me that I think… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
Reading LOVE JUNKIE is like watching a sleepwalker taking a stroll on a freeway. All you can do is pray. Gorgeously written,… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I'm a writer. I'm naturally introverted, so being the public face of something, I don't think I do it well. — Kevin Kwan Copy Share Image
I began to write in the first place because I expected everything to change, and I wanted to have things in writing… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
Standing there, staring at the long shelves crammed with books, I felt myself relax and was suddenly at peace. — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
I wrote down all the things I would no longer accept in my life, all the things I would no longer tolerate,… — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
“As the grandmother, mother and girl said their good-byes and went on their way, Perdu reflected that it was a common misconception… — Nina George Copy Share Image
Both of my parents had me reading at a really young age. Maybe it was a hereditary thing, but my mom always… — Earl Sweatshirt Copy Share Image
“Option 2: Begin at the End It’s sometimes a very fun way to open a book that you show the reader the… — Emma Fisher Copy Share Image
Libraries are public treasuries. They're ways in which well-meaning societies leave the wealth of the past arranged A to Z so that… — Francis Spufford Copy Share Image
“This is not a book of writing advice. It’s not here to help make you a better writer. Rather, it’s here to… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
While I read almost all my newspapers online, I'm not a big fan of e-books because I like to see what I've… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
I'll know when the ideas aren't fresh anymore. And I'll know when writing doesn't give me a thrill anymore. — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
“then sit down and write or stand up and write but write no matter what the other people are doing, no matter… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Writing for adults, you have to keep reminding them of what is going on. The poor things have given up using their… — Diana Wynne Jones Copy Share Image
Writers aren’t people exactly. Or, if they’re any good, they’re a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Nothing is too long or too short either if you have a true and interesting tale and what I call a "graphic"… — Charles Portis Copy Share Image
Year followed struggling year for me, and all that time I read--I suppose few have ever read so. I began, as most… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
After years of practice, I can walk into a bookstore and understand its layout in a few seconds. I can glance at… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
What do I miss? Second-hand bookshops where I can find things I had no idea I wanted. AbeBooks helps, but it doesn't… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That's what I always find myself… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I continue to enjoy looking for stories, and trying to do the best job I can reporting and writing them. — Bob Greene Copy Share Image
The great thing about Roald Dahl is he tackled the big questions of life without any fear of being shocking or brutal,… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I've been typed as a horror writer, and I've always said to people, "I don't care what you call me as long… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
