One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read. — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I keep 'The Paper Bag Princess' by Robert Munsch on my shelf to remind me that my prince will love me no… — Brittany Snow Copy Share Image
I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something… — Charlaine Harris Copy Share Image
The biggest challenge I think every publisher is facing is how do we get readers to pay for content? So we're constantly… — Maria Rodale Copy Share Image
Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“A worry journal by your bedside can act as a mental depository of your anxieties, and once you write them down, you… — Suhas G. Kshirsagar Copy Share Image
If we declare ourselves, as readers, to be on the side of life, the question has to be asked what sort of… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
When you haven't met someone, regardless of whether they're an author or not, when you're taking their work, and you are in… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
The raw beauty of Natalia Ginzburg’s prose compels our gaze. First we look inward, with the shock of recognition inspired by all… — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
Mostly I'm just writing books for the public, and so I try to describe for the public what the choices are, what… — Freeman Dyson Copy Share Image
Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of my novels basically are… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Writer's block is just a symptom of feeling like you have nothing to say, combined with the rather weird idea that you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Writing places a person in the community of those imaginative spirits whom preceded their birth. Writing also connects a person with the… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, a conflict with… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
The measure of artistic merit is the length to which a writer is willing to go in following his own compulsions. — John Updike Copy Share Image
'Lonesome Dove' by Larry McMurtry and 'The Poisonwood Bible' by Barbara Kingsolver have stuck with me throughout my life, and I think… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“You see, I believe that you cannot be taught to 'write.' You can be taught grammar and punctuation, but you cannot be… — Robert J. Randisi Copy Share Image
I have this identity for myself as a writer and the only thing that can happen is that I chip away from… — Mitchell Hurwitz Copy Share Image
If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to… — Lori Lansens Copy Share Image
I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“SOYINKA WON THE NOBEL PRIZE ACHEBE, LITERARY COMMANDER P.D. JAMES, WE LOVE HER AGATHA CHRISTIE, QUEEN OF CRIME” — S. A. David Copy Share Image
As a writer, you always read in two minds: You read as a reader and you enjoy it, and you look at… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I just write from my own experience and they're very real. They're all the things that I've been through, all situations I've… — Lola Young Copy Share Image
You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live. — Jamie Hewlett Copy Share Image
“One thing that separates would-be writers from working writers is that the latter know their work will never match their dreams.” — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could… — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
“One of the most helpful tools a writer has is his journals. Whenever someone asks how to become an author, I suggest… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I read passionately with a need to know and see the act of reading as an act of cognition and not simply… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
I find in my own writing that only fiction - and rarely, a poem - fully tests me to the kind of… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I write to figure out how I feel, to move through my emotions, and to commemorate and honor seasons of my life. — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
