“There was a lot of purple on the covers. Purple sold scary books better than any other color, Mike had been told.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I want to write more but I cannot. I am a little weary and the silence in my soul is black. I… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
When writing a novel, that's pretty much entirely what life turns into: 'House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“The point, I decided, wasn't to have the autobiography or even the memories. The point was who I became when I wrote.” — Elizabeth J. Andrew Copy Share Image
If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is worth any number… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
A good writer gets better only by learning to cut, to remove the ornamental, the descriptive, the narrative, and especially the deeply… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace understood the paradox of attempting to write fiction that spoke to posterity and a contemporary audience simultaneously,” — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“While some dismiss the Bible as a dusty old book, I view its pages as portals to adventure. Not only is the… — Margaret Feinberg Copy Share Image
“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Certainly it is valuable to a trained writer to crash in an aircraft which burns. He learns several important things very quickly.… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“The thing is, Sara, writing's scary. You have to be prepared to go deep…And when your brain's shouting, 'No, no, no, I'm… — Felicity Everett Copy Share Image
“For heaven’s sake, don’t turn reading into the intellectual equivalent of eating organic greens, or (shifting the metaphor slightly) some fearfully disciplined… — Alan Jacobs Copy Share Image
I very much love a physical book myself. I think people who have had this experience of also seeing a book come… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
One great aim of revision is to cut out. In the exuberance of composition it is natural to throw in - as… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
The inspiration for my novels comes from the depths of a creative well, based on asking myself questions over and over. I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I've always loved books. My mother told me that before I could talk, I'd babble in my crib as I turned the… — JoAnn Ross Copy Share Image
Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit. — Mike Rutherford Copy Share Image
“I could tell you were a reader when I first saw you. You have that dreamy look in your eye, like you're… — Bethany Hagen Copy Share Image
Books have the power to be the light we are seeking at crucial moments in our lives. Reading helps us realize we… — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
“It’s despicable of an author to kill his main personage solely for stirring imagination of indifferent or mean minds.” — Lara Biyuts Copy Share Image
“Every book, every volume that you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I am, of course, a frustrated rock star - I'd much rather be a rock star than a writer. Or own a… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
“A writer's task is to interpret his world as he sees it, if not to make it understood, at least to make… — Leonard Walker Copy Share Image
I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
I had at some point the epiphany that if I wanted to be a writer, maybe I should stop thinking about writing,… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
I loved to read, and if I could've been a professional reader, that's probably what I would've wanted to be! — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“Wooed by a vivid cover, she picked one up and leafed through it. She loved thee way it smelled, the ink, the… — Elizabeth Brundage Copy Share Image
Bill Gallagher's new version of 'The Prisoner' is an enthralling commentary on modern culture. It is witty, intelligent and disturbing. I am… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to be a horror story writer. My influences were horror writers, like Rich Matheson, Ray Bradbury and… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a writer; I just had stories I wanted to share so I learnt how to write and… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Writing is a spiritual path. It helps you listen to your heart, trust your inner guidance, and live your life full-out. — Robert Holden Copy Share Image
The BALLPOINT PENGUINS, black and white, Do little else but write and write. Although they've nothing much to say, They write and… — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
The best part of writing is thinking about the story. And then everything else takes a lot of discipline. — Kareem Mortimer Copy Share Image
“For me, the word "writing" is the exact opposite of the word "waiting". Instead of waiting, there is writing.” — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
For if we're destroyed, the knowledge is dead...We're nothing more than dust jackets for books...so many pages to a person... — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I think I have become a better writer since having children. It improves creativity, particularly because once you have children it makes… — Louise Doughty Copy Share Image
I would like to continue to tell stories of what I did in a biographical way, so I will continue to write. — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
“The acquisition of a book signalled not just the potential acquisition of knowledge but also something like the property rights to a… — James Wood Copy Share Image
