You are told that you have to eliminate un-useful sentences, but as a writer you know how important details are. — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular… — A. C. Benson Copy Share Image
Reading is rapture (or if it isn't, I put the book down meaning to go on with it later, and escape out… — William Maxwell Copy Share Image
It's funny to think about the uncanny reflexively, as an author who is perhaps gradually becoming aware of my own hidden secrets.… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“Want to get your kids to read more? Try making books easily accessible. Put them where kids can easily reach and don't… — Melanie Kirk Copy Share Image
I never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I… — Story Musgrave Copy Share Image
Books delight to the very marrow of one's bones. They speak to us, consult with us, and join with us in a… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Years of imprisoning and beheading writers never succeeded in shutting them out. However, placing them in the heart of a market and… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
A book is a friend; a good book is a good friend. It will talk to you when you want it to… — B A Billingsly Copy Share Image
Helen Tse tells a gripping tale of struggle, laughter, love and food that marks Sweet Mandarin as a must read book. It… — Ken Hom Copy Share Image
I read continually and don't understand writers who say they don't read while working on a book. For a start, a book… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
“When I am writing a novel, the setting, the characters, the action is clear in mind when I start -- so I… — P.D. James Copy Share Image
I argued strongly to the American publisher that 'Reality Hunger' should come out first. They thought that 'The Thing About Life' would… — David Shields Copy Share Image
I have many stories which don't make it to the computer. When I put it into the computer I make some changes… — Arthur Bradford Copy Share Image
Nothing frustrates me more than someone who reads something of mine or anyone else's and says, angrily, 'I don't buy it.' Why… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
My elementary school teachers were big on pushing kids to read. If you read a certain amount of books, they would provide… — Rey Mysterio Copy Share Image
I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Because that’s what a book is: a letter from a writer to a reader. It’s connection. Something that reaches across the divides… — Chris Harrison Copy Share Image
My folks were busy. My dad was a teacher, and it was during the Second World War, and my mother was working.… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
Lies are attempts to hide the truth by willfully denying facts. Fiction, on the other hand, is an attempt to reveal the… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them; but as a rule the… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
I think novelists should be disciplined and self-imposed working hours. I work a lot, but I don't feel that I'm working. I… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I think books find their way to you when you need them. Whenever I feel like I'm not going to live to… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
Ideally, I would like everyone in the world to read and love my novels. In fact, I can't believe that everyone in… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
I always knew, deep down, that I'd love to be an author, but I don't think I really thought about trying to… — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
Reading with children is an enormous gift to them. It's a great honor to invite children to read with adults. — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Most of you didn't think that helping people share books would be a subversive act...Yet the fact is that you have chosen… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
I work on a word count basis, so I have to write three thousand words a day. I can write them in… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
We've seen from shows like 'Game of Thrones' that the book can become a seed, which you plant in the ground of… — O. T. Fagbenle Copy Share Image
I resolved to start journaling every day, and so far I've been journaling every day, and it's been great. — Charlie Worsham Copy Share Image
My point of view as a writer has to be a lot more ego-less than just like being some performer on stage… — Tift Merritt Copy Share Image
“I’m not saying you can’t do writing, just do some writing that you can build a career on. Creative writing isn’t going… — Francesca Zappia Copy Share Image
What I always try to do in all my books is to make the stories such that if you don't agree with… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
I have never, ever, not once, met a writer who said he or she would never read a mystery or a story… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
To be a writer you should read, write and talk to people, hear their knowledge, hear their problems. Be a good listener.… — Jean Craighead George Copy Share Image
When I was writing Shadow and Bone,' I really had no confidence as a writer. I had never finished a book before… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“fI you ees mistakes ni my writing, do not copy ro criticize. Simply correct ti and share eht knowledge. We already have… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that, perhaps,… — Leo Rosten Copy Share Image
Literature seemed to be everything then. People looked to it for the strength to live, for guidance, for revelation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
