As a food writer, it's my job to know each and every cuisine on this planet as well as I can. — Melissa Leong Copy Share Image
“Life is hard enough. When I read, I want to go to another world that makes me feel warm and fuzzy.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I was fortunate enough to write about things I really love, and love can be very analytic. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
You just write and you don't try to make sense of it. You just put it down the way you got it. — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“I am but little disposed to put things in writing. One almost always regrets doing so.” — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“A paperback book was wrapped around Barney's massive index finger as he held his place.” — Thomas Harris Copy Share Image
It would probably take me an hour to two to write it down, get the feel of it, and that's with quite… — Ben E. King Copy Share Image
I've been writing for years, you know, and when I get to a particular place, city, or different locale, I find myself… — Omari Hardwick Copy Share Image
“Entering a novel is like going on a climb in the mountains: you have to learn the rhythm of respiration, acquire the… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“So what's this about a book club? You girls sit around, reading dirty books, fanning each other's vaginas? Because if so, count… — Jay McLean Copy Share Image
The Chicago Way is a wonderful first novel. Michael Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
The best writing comes out when you find yourself broken. Your heart is ripped open and all the feelings spill out into… — Shannen Wrass Copy Share Image
The writer has to take risks and go somewhere full of mystery and possibility for the novel to deepen over the years… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
“Assign someone who isn’t actively participating in the discussion to be the scribe, responsible for taking accurate notes. Session notes should contain… — Karl Wiegers Copy Share Image
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. The best ones leave… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
“You may be a serious writer if …. 10. your hard drive is littered with random notes and story ideas … but… — Kathy Disanto Copy Share Image
“Mercifully, I was at that age when reading was still a passion and thus, save for a happy marriage, the best state… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“My sort wants the book in its entirety. We need to touch it, to examine the weight of its paper and the… — Pamela Paul Copy Share Image
I always thought that eventually there would be a moment where I realized that I had practiced enough and now I was… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
It always seems to me that one of the saddest things about the death of a literary man is the fact that… — Stuart Dodgson Collingwood Copy Share Image
I like writing a lot more than I used to. I used to find it scary but now I've got used to… — Victoria Wood Copy Share Image
