I have always loved 'Stig of the Dump.' I think reading that book made me officially realise that I was a reader. — Eoin Colfer Copy Share Image
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
I think that the best literature has a core that you can't lock to a time or place but that can generate… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_education3.htmlgqDWEHxuOJyvI5s2.99 — Zahid Abas Copy Share Image
Because I don’t work with an outline, writing a story is like crossing a stream, now I’m on this rock, now I’m… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
If you write your best, even if you have to throw it out later, it's not wasted effort. You're getting better. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The writer studies literature, not the world. He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“But remember that reading provides nourishment for hungers we might not even be aware of. How often have I chosen a book… — Beth Ann Fennelly Copy Share Image
She told me later that she had made a kind of note of me in her mind, as, scanning the shelf for… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends in their… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller, and… — Steve Leveen Copy Share Image
I'm not one of the people who has a kind of scholarly hat and writes in a certain way for an academic… — Louis Menand Copy Share Image
Look at anyone's bookcase at home, no matter how modest, and you're going to find a book that contains wisdom or ideas… — Jonathan Nolan Copy Share Image
I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, actually, some of my favorite writers really… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I directed my first music video for Sara Bareilles. I like writing and directing. I co-wrote '21 Jump Street' and I'm in… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I got into writing to become a 'Star Trek' writer. I was a rabid fan. I had shelves and shelves and shelves… — Bryan Fuller Copy Share Image
I do like writing. When I was a little kid, I used to love writing funny, silly stories - and my mom… — Laurie Hernandez Copy Share Image
Richard Hugo taught me that anyone with a desire to write, an ear for language and a bit of imagination could become… — James Welch Copy Share Image
“Don't write for the market or for others. Write what you know, love and above all, write what you would love to… — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
I feel that I am just a storyteller, and whether I am wearing the director hat or the playwright hat, it doesn't… — Adam Rapp Copy Share Image
I think of myself more as a filmmaker or as a film person than as strictly just a writer. I don't come… — Peter Gould Copy Share Image
You can't slot a time and a space and think 'ok now it's time to sit and compose.' It just doesn't work… — Gopi Sundar Copy Share Image
Everyone has a book within them. Everyone has to write it thinking, 'How will I help other people? What will the book… — Joachim de Posada Copy Share Image
“The pleasantest of all diversions is to sit alone under a lamp, a book spread out before you, and to make friends… — Yoshida Kenko Copy Share Image
We never stop reading, although every book comes to an end, just as we never stop living, although death is certain. — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
I try not to push characters too close to myself because they get harder to write, but as a writer, you try… — Tom King Copy Share Image
If reality is as equally valuable as fiction, then you should just chalk up the parts of the past you don’t need… — Ryohgo Narita Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I write about the forest, sometimes I write about the trees, and occasionally I’ll write about the lumberjack. Actually, the lumberjack… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Size has nothing to do with literature. All legs are long enough to touch the ground, and all books are big enough… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
“Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their own feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
“...life is like an essay. Each day is a new draft- identify the strengths and build on them; identify the weaknesses and… — Michael Goldfine- in the book "Habits of the Mind Across the Curriculum" edited by Arthur Costa and Copy Share Image
There are writers who are great visionaries, who can depict huge movements - things like that. They're the great writers. I'm just… — Leonard Cohen Copy Share Image
I write something that I believe I've made up, and it's only when a friend later points it out to me that… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
All novelists write in a different way, but I always write in longhand and then do two versions of typescript on a… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
As soon as I started writing Julia, by which I mean while writing its first sentence, I felt a sudden, reassuring charge… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
The Four Inevitabilities: 1. Musty Books. 2. Uninteresting Nature. 3. Dull Existence. 4. Blank Nirvana, buy that boy. — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
“It is better to read one intellectually challenging book every 12 months … than to read 12 entertaining books every month.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I probably am a cranky writer, but I am actually a fairly nice, normal person. Since I'm a grouchy writer, of course… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
When I lecture, under almost all circumstances, I write a new lecture for the occasion. It helps me think. It helps me… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
