I wanted to do a weird book and reestablish my independent, small-press roots. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
if a book is not good enough for a grownup, it is not good enough for a child. — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
A great novel is a kind of conversion experience. We come away from it changed. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“A writer is merely a reader that had the guts to be read, and, heard.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“There was no way in hell she was going to move to the southern continent without all of her books.” — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction? — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
With each book, I've found myself more and more able to draw off the personal and still be as vulnerable as I… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
I think about my audience when I write, to some extent. Thinking of writing for young adults, I try to keep the… — William Sleator Copy Share Image
One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better. — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
To me, the great joy of writing is discovering. Most writers are told to write about what they know, but I still… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
The writing life is essentially one of solitary confinement - if you can't deal with this, you needn't apply. — Will Self Copy Share Image
I worry that I use writing as therapy too much actually, which can inspire great authenticity and verve but I do wish… — Katy Wix Copy Share Image
Although I long to get away from the typewriter, if I think I can produce a better opening or a better closing… — Catherine Gaskin Copy Share Image
“Read. Everything you can get your hands on. Read until words become your friends. Them when you need to find one, they… — Karen Witemeyer Copy Share Image
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“But fiction is not, as many nonwriters seem to think, a random grab bag of made-up whimsies, as undisciplined and unreasoned as… — Helen Benedict Copy Share Image
I enjoy writing for both kids and adults, though I think I'm better at children's stories because I was a teacher for… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“My ideal life is a quiet one. I like to read, to sit still in the same chair, with the lampshade at… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
“Before unearthing this letter, I had questioned myself about the ways in which a book can be infinite. I could think of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“...a novel, like a myth or any great work of art, can become an initiation that helps us to make a painful… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
When a writer's whole being is poured into a piece of work, there is never enough. The feeling of finally getting to… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
