The interesting part about the writing process is that you can never see all the way to the end, not if something… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
“A writer is a river. Everything flows and changes and we're never the same person as the one who wrote yesterday's story.” — Aleksandr Voinov Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
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If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I think anyone who creates anything, whether it's yourself as a writer, anyone - when you finish something, it's gone from being… — Darren Hayes Copy Share Image
Book depository is nothing new; there've been outlets selling books internationally via mail order for many decades - the only change is… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Writing a memoir begins a process that doesn't necessarily end with publication. You begin to think about family life and stories and… — Sue Perkins Copy Share Image
The first book I ever bought for myself was 'One Fish Two Fish' by Dr. Seuss. My favourite page shows two children… — Mini Grey Copy Share Image
No man could bring himself to reveal his true character, and, above all, his true limitations as a citizen and a Christian,… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“I love bookshelves, and stacks of books, spines, typography, and the feel of pages between my fingertips. I love bookmarks, and old… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I thought that deserved a book and feel like the door needs to be open so people can say, "Ok, here we… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“I soon discovered that one doesn't simply read Crime and Punishment or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn . One reads a certain… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If learning to read was as easy as learning to talk, as some writers claim, many more children would learn to read… — David Elkind Copy Share Image
“No one is asking, let alone demanding, that you write. The world is not waiting with bated breath for your article or… — Beth Mende Conny Copy Share Image
“I dread that awkward moment when a friend hands you the book that changed his or her life, and it is a… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
'J' is a novel. A story about what it is like for people after a terrible event. And it is a love… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
The reason is that for many years I have avoided reading anything whatsoever that approaches my own line of country, out of… — Leslie Charteris Copy Share Image
There's always a problem when you write, something you're trying to resolve, and sometimes a view can be inspiring. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
I am a gay writer, absolutely. And in no way does that fact limit the reach or importance of what I write. — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
I have said that each aspect of the novel demands a different quality of the reader. Well, the prophetic aspect demands two… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Writing is such a solitary thing, so its nice, when Im discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction. — Robert Boswell Copy Share Image
Writing gives me the opportunity to explore ideas, play with language, solve problems, use my imagination, and draw on my own childhood. — Jack Prelutsky Copy Share Image
“Printed books are dirt cheap, never run out of power and survive drops, spills and being run over. And their file format… — David Pogue Copy Share Image
I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can't quite get past their own stuff, which… — Eric Bogosian Copy Share Image
You can do so much crazy stuff with books that isn't necessarily being done. That's how culture stays alive - by doing… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
The Wars is a great book, rich in its images, its language, its construction, and, ultimately, its conception. — Guy Vanderhaeghe Copy Share Image
Everyone's waiting for the seventh book, and looking at each other saying, 'Oh, I wonder will I be in the running? — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
The essayist is a self-liberated man, sustained by the childish belief that everything he thinks about, everything that happens to him, is… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I have so many books to write now. So I'll write from home. Sometimes I'm writing in the office too, in my… — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation to some people. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Gutless is a strong word, do you know what I mean? It doesn't take a lot of guts to sit behind a… — Lee Cattermole Copy Share Image
A novel is based on evidence, + or -x, the unknown quantity being the temperament of the novelist, and the unknown quantity… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Dig deep into your heart, where the answer spreads its roots in your being, and ask yourself solemnly, Must I write? — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Writing is like sex. The more you think about it, the harder it is to do. It's better not to think about… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“Books are curious things. When they want to live, they find a way to become part of the lives that need them."… — Mark Danielewski Copy Share Image
Whenever you are fed up with life, start writing: ink is the great cure for all human ills, as I have found… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“...perhaps the most acute source of happiness from writing was the happiness of expressing a very complicated idea–the kind of idea that… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
