I certainly think that the best book in the world would owe the most to a good index, and the worst book,… — Horace Binney Wallace Copy Share Image
I was 12. Our ,teacher made us write an autobiography and I realised that I wasn't very interesting. I began to make… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language. — Hilma Wolitzer Copy Share Image
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“Books have always been among my most trusted of friends, Mr. Linden replied. The best of them allow the mind to wander… — Mr. Linden's Library Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I didn't start writing until late high school and then I was just diddling. Mainly I loved to read and my writing… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
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I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
More than a building that houses books and data, the library represents a window to a larger world, the place where we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I perceived that to express those impressions, to write that essential book, which is the only true one, a great writer does… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I've heard some writers say that they are obsessed with certain ideas and that they find themselves writing around the same obsession… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
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Against the sustained tick of a watch, fiction takes the measure of a life, a season, a look exchanged, the turning point,… — Mavis Gallant Copy Share Image
“Through the years the swirl of a pen, click of a key, and the idea of a story have been my deepest… — Sai Marie Johnson Copy Share Image
Literature is the human activity that takes the fullest and most precise account of variousness, possibility, complexity, and difficulty — Lionel Trilling Copy Share Image
The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
That's very nice if they want to publish you, but don't pay too much attention to it. It will toss you away.… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
The number one person who needs my books is me. I'm not some sort of disinterested guru who has worked life out… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
If I plan to write, I won't be able to write anything good. I just need to kind of jam and let… — Shavo Odadjian Copy Share Image
Ultimately, what audiences respond to is truth. Even as fantastical as the story can be, and out there, at its core, it's… — Francesca Gregorini Copy Share Image
That is the saddest thing about being a writer. We die in ways you cannot fathom just to keep someone alive in… — Needa Muy Copy Share Image
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Seated in my library at night, and looking on the silent faces of my books, I am occasionally visited by a strange… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
The truly cultured are capable of owning thousands of unread books without losing their composure or their desire for more. — Gabriel Zaid Copy Share Image
“Two suitcases, in one the wardrobe, the earthly essentials, in the other- manuscripts, the spiritual supplies, then you are at home everywhere-Zweig… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
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If Brideshead Revisited is not a great book, it's so like a great book that many of us, at least while reading… — Evelyn Waugh Copy Share Image
I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
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I think back when I was kind of a crappy writer, I really did know my time was better spent working and… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
For me, whatever you write about should be worthy of your attention, worthy of your gifts. That's very important. — Min Jin Lee Copy Share Image
“What if this is a horrible mistake?" I croaked. "Oh, it'll be horrible fine, just a bunch of pretentious rich people with… — Ruta Sepetys Copy Share Image
I work on one page, revising and polishing until I can't make it better, then move on to the next. Some pages… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
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The time it would take me to write a screenplay it would take me the time to make two films. I would… — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
