I've always wanted to be a writer ever since I was in kindergarten, so that was ultimately what I wanted to do… — Angela Yee Copy Share Image
I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories. — Lennie James Copy Share Image
It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that. — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
“All books matter,” she assures and redirects her attention. “All books. Fiction. Non-fiction. How Tos and Self Help manuals. All books serve… — Xavier Neal Copy Share Image
Of course, life experience changes and adds to writing. And observations change too, where you put yourself in relation to other people. — Amanda Shires Copy Share Image
I don't consciously try to take my readers on a journey as I don't really think about my readers when I'm writing.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
Why spend a day in the library when you can learn the same thing by working in the laboratory for a month? — Frank Westheimer Copy Share Image
“Depend upon it, after all, Thomas, Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world. That means trying to understand, take in, connect with, what… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I write at a standing desk, which has helped me be much more productive and solved some back problems, but mostly all… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
As a creator of character his peculiarity is that he creates wherever his eyes rest ... With such a power at his… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“If a story seems too random, or perhaps too brilliant, for a "madman" to have conceived of it himself, then consider that… — Rivka Galchen Copy Share Image
“Books were the main reason Rose worked in bookstores, for no matter how chaotic and strange the worlds in them might be,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You're reluctant to give too much away when you're going to put it out there for other people. It's harder writing your… — Kathleen Edwards Copy Share Image
When I write, I aim in my mind not toward New York but to a vague spot a little to the east… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“I hope I don't write TOO many books! When I look at authors who have written too many books, I wonder to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps… — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t really a journal. I tried keeping a journal, but it would always be one long entry filling the first seven… — Charlotte Leonetti Copy Share Image
I was a late bloomer when it came to reading. My parents didn't really read. Neither one of my parents went to… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
I write things that I love I write things that I hate but the problem with what I write is I poorly… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
I can think of few better ways to introduce a child to books than to let her stack them, upend them, rearrange… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
As the style of Faulkner grew out of his rage--out of the impotence of his rage--the style of Hemingway grew out of… — Wright Morris Copy Share Image
Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I tend to write two stories every day, five days a week. It's a real grind. But it also allows me to… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
“Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends – sorry, I meant characters.” — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
“Judge not the value of a friend by the number of boy- or girlfriends they helped you get. But by the number… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Readers have some peculiar notions about the status of writers, the most foolish of which is that writers are treated like royalty… — Reed Farrel Coleman Copy Share Image
If we weigh the significance of a book by the effect it has on its readers, then the great children's books suddenly… — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
When you're just starting out, and someone you think is a real storyteller says something good about you, that helps. — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“We support all actions that lead to the joy, the fun, the reward, the challenge, and the adventure of reading.” — Paul Acampora Copy Share Image
“On the shelves along the wall my stacks. Jumbled and worn. Pagers curled and stained. Spines creased and cracked.” — Lucas Klauss Copy Share Image
“One day, she ventured to the palace library and was delighted to find what good company books could be.” — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
My rule of writing is that no one can do what you can do, so jealousy or competitiveness are pointless. I am… — Hallie Ephron Copy Share Image
I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and… — Don Henley Copy Share Image
I have an extensive library - every birthday when I was a kid my parents would ask what movie or book I… — Mark Bridges Copy Share Image
“I remember the first story I wrote. It truly sucked. But I kept working at it, and look where I am today.” — Anna Glazebrook Copy Share Image
The more I read, the hungrier I become. Each book seemed promising, each page I turned offered an escapade, the allure of… — Tatiana de Rosnay Copy Share Image
I'm not a person who would get up at 5 A.M. to write, but I could sacrifice my Friday night and just… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published… — Tama Janowitz Copy Share Image
