Good writing has an aliveness that keeps the reader reading from one paragraph to the next, and it's not a question of… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I think that you need to have books that talk about the lives of the poor, and they need to be involved… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
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It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of… — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background. — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
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It's still National Library Week. You should be especially nice to a librarian today, or tomorrow. Sometime this week, anyway. Probably the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
As long as the reader is enjoying a story and the writing, it doesn't concern me if people don't understand why it's… — Evie Wyld Copy Share Image
There is something about the literary life that repels me, all this desperate building of castles on cobwebs, the long-drawn acrimonious struggle… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
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You don't need attention to write. All you need is passion for your work and an overwhelming desire to tell a story… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
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Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference. — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
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I always wanted to be some kind of writer - I wrote plays and songs and "books" before I realized living and… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
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“Transcend the terrestrial; surpass the celestial, from nature’s hands when you receive the sublime pleasures of dance.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
It meant that New York philanthropists, New York society, would now rediscover the library. ... that learning, books, education have glamour, that… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
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I believe there's a common ground in what all gifted writers write. It has to do with their wish to turn darkness… — Mandy Patinkin Copy Share Image
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The library is our house of intellect, our transcendental university, with one exception: no one graduates from a library. No one possibly… — Vartan Gregorian Copy Share Image
Above all things-read. Read the great stylists who cannot be copied rather than the successful writers who must not be copied. — Ngaio Marsh Copy Share Image
…books are always good company if you have the right sort. Let me pick out some for you.' And Mrs. Jo made… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
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I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
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