Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
If the big publishers are doing so well, why do they require writers to send return postage with their manuscripts? — Dan Poynter Copy Share Image
'American Gods' was designed to be, if not open-ended, at least a trilogy kind of shape, so there's definitely one more book,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The tremendous efficiency and economy of the book has once again demonstrated itself. It's the world's most patient medium. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
My mother was almost entirely responsible for my cultural education. She took me to the library once a week, and by the… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
When writing of oneself one should show no mercy. Yet why at the first attempt to discover one's own truth does all… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
I've written some short stories about my personal experience, but it's not something you can use everywhere. Every novel, every work of… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend - to make flights, carrying others along if… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
“To compensate a little for the treachery and weakness of my memory, so extreme that it has happened to me more than… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon,… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
“Not for a moment did he consider keeping a journal. He would never allow anyone to read his private thoughts; therefore, he… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
“A CEO of a very successful company told him that in the corporate world, to get the kind of high level expertise… — Bob Mayer Copy Share Image
A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than… — David Remnick Copy Share Image
When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're standing, and… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
“If you are working with authors, you are accepting a great responsibility and must tread very carefully. The author's work is a… — Terena Scott Copy Share Image
“Some writers need to sink in order to feel what their characters feel; in order to write their characters with the truest… — Lori Lifsey Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
Irene Bennett Brown keeps the promise of her gifted writing and love for history inside this fine contemporary mystery. I loved it. — Jane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
What is missed when people talk about books is the moment of grace when the reader creates the book, lends it the… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“My writing style has changed dramatically over the years, growing increasingly clean and exact. I like to think that I'm still improving… — Barbara Delinsky Copy Share Image
“He described the Literary Apothecary to her. “A longboat with a low-slung belly, a galley, two sleeping berths, a bathroom and eight… — Nina George Copy Share Image
“Fiction that fails to engage an audience with the emotional intricacies of viable characters will, for many in that audience, simply alienate… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
Writers are not celebrities, so you don't expect to walk down the street and hear, 'Oh my God, there's Sylvia Day.' You… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable." Louisa May Alcott” — R.R. Smythe Copy Share Image
When I was really little, my favorite book was 'The BFG'. I read it - my teacher in, like, first grade read… — Madison Pettis Copy Share Image
I have an agent, John Brockman, who is an agent to many academic authors like Dan Gilbert and Steven Pinker, and he's… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
It's really important to make the time to curl up and not look at a screen at night. Just to escape into… — Sara Cox Copy Share Image
I could never be the kind of writer who went to the set of the movie and fussed and fretted about, 'Oh,… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge… — David Means Copy Share Image
“There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that's… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“A bestseller is a book written by a rich person of Indian roots staying in Europe for more than a decade..” — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think the only way to do the kind of job a writer does is push… — Marc Guggenheim Copy Share Image
“Writing a successful novel is a great challenge, and you have to be a bit of a poet, a bit of a… — Anis Shivani Copy Share Image
A book is basically just symbols arranged to form this story, this world. But on the other hand, books, novels, literature in… — Shane Warren Jones Copy Share Image
I write in Times New Roman, 12 point, and arrange the margins so that the screen looks like a page from a… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
“You're never "keeping it real" with your lack of punctuation and proofreading, you're keeping it unintelligible.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
I see no reason to stop writing. But the reason isn't always one of your own. The mind is not invulnerable, and… — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
Writing mirrors the interior self. You know, any book is like the perfect blueprint of the psyche of the author. — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes,… — Ethan Hawke Copy Share Image
