Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
Books are boring," James said as he wrote. "They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds… — Laura Whitcomb Copy Share Image
If you think about becoming a writer, that's just really one of the big dreams I had. It's really important to have… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
Generations of thinkers have made typewriters their frenemies, and long before there were Gmail inboxes, print correspondence stacked up, some hastily written… — Mary Pilon Copy Share Image
Can you write a book and have children at the same time? Yes, if you're content to do it very very slowly. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“I have learned one lesson as a writer...keep writing and never throw any notes away. Written parts that can't be used today...may… — Timothy Pina Copy Share Image
“Sweet fiction, in which bravado and despair beckon from a cold panache, in which the protected essential self suffers flashes of its… — Frank Bidart Copy Share Image
Furthermore, even if ideas were gettable - say, stacked in a secluded cave like the Dead Sea scrolls - I wouldn't go… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking. It involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into a lucid form and… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
People say I write specifically about nothing in particular. I don't know about the latter part, but I think the first part… — Dan Bejar Copy Share Image
The minute you finish a piece of writing it doesn't belong to you, you don't write it any more, it belongs to… — Kate Tempest Copy Share Image
I go back and forth between input phases where I'm reading a lot or trying to get out and explore the world… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
My instinct tells me "purpose" is maybe the enemy of a good personal essay. In my own experience, I'm always lost and… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
I never set out to become 'famous.' I mean, when you're 14 you think 'I'm gonna become a writer and people will… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“When an idea suddenly appears I feel compelled to get it on paper and I keep writing until the flame disappears. Love… — Lee Bumbicka Copy Share Image
I am compulsive about writing, I need to do it the way I need sleep and exercise and food and sex; I… — John Irving Copy Share Image
My mother used to push 'Wuthering Heights' on me as a boy, and I sensed from her breathy description of the story… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“There is strange comfort in knowing that no matter what happens today, the Sun will rise again tomorrow.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity. — Samuel Smiles Copy Share Image
Do not place a photograph of your favourite author on your desk, especially if the author is one of the famous ones… — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
I obtained a job at the Library of Congress. I loved books, so I felt at home. I was going to end… — Tom Glazer Copy Share Image
People just don't know how to write down a simple easy line. It's difficult for them; it's like trying to keep a… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I get asked a lot what books I recommend for a nursery, home library, etc., and I always tell parents to start… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
A large library is apt to distract rather than to instruct the learner; it is much better to be confined to a… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers. — Christian Bauman Copy Share Image
Writing isn't like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
You may well ask me why...I took the time to write [books]. I can only reply that I do not know. There… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I go through a lot of bad stuff, because most of the stuff that's written is pretty bad. But occasionally something comes… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
I still have a book club with my friends from when I was 5. That's the privilege of growing up in a… — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
“The Cavaliere has retired to his study and reads, trying not to think about what is going on around him -- one… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“I dream that one day I would be a published writer and people would read my books - if not, I would… — Srinidhi.R Copy Share Image
The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I still believe in stories. I still forget myself when I am in the middle of a good book. Books are for… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
With The Nightingale, I had been kicking the idea around for years. I was frightened to write it because on the surface… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Classroom libraries are not 25 copies of 5 books. Classroom libraries are 1000-2000 copies of different books. — Richard Allington Copy Share Image
My writing is not just all facts and voices. I strive to create a text that works as a sign, pointing out… — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
“If you aren't writing perfection, don't stop and hope tomorrow's is better. Write what you have today, and let it ferment into… — Nicholas May Copy Share Image
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