But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
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I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
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If a novelist tells you something she knows or thinks, and you believe her, that is not because either of you think… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Books ... rarely, if ever, talk about what children can make of themselves, about the powers that from the day or moment… — John Holt Copy Share Image
Writing one's first novel, getting it sold, and shepherding it through the labyrinths of editing, production, marketing, journalism, and social media is… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I don't consider writing a quiet, closet act. I consider it a real physical act. When I'm home writing on the typewriter,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
She was the reason I was a reader, and being a reader was what had made me most myself; it had given… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
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I find writing for children much easier. I don't mean it's less demanding - you've got to have a talent for it… — Lynne Reid Banks Copy Share Image
The secret studies of an author are the sunken piers upon which is to rest the bridge of his fame, spanning the… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The best of causes ruins as quickly as the worst; and the road to Limbo is paved with writers who have done… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
I am influenced by books which don't have their eye on the endgame, but which try to be entertaining on each and… — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
The books that matter to me...are those that galvanize something inside me. I read books to read myself. — Sven Birkerts Copy Share Image
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When I'm writing a book - say I'm going to write a parenting book. I'll go out and buy the 100 top… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
Some say writing is its own reward. I write for money, but writing for money is not so bad, especially when that… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time - would be influenced by HPL. As… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
“you would know all this if you had troubled to read the book that Maester Kedry gave you.” “It had no pictures.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy,… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
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“Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
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Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction. — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
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“Misunderstanding and distrust—the predominant elements of a novel. Without them, everyone lives happily from beginning.” — Carmen DeSousa Copy Share Image
If a young aspirant had a modicum of skill and a busy typewriter she or he would sooner or later get a… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
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Literature should be a kind of revolutionary manifesto against established morality and established society. — Guo Moruo Copy Share Image
When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish… — Douglas Preston Copy Share Image
Most fiction writers are driven to find their own 'voice,' but I am more interested in the voices of others. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
