After I've sent my revised draft to my agent and editor, they suggest more improvement sand again, this revision phase can take… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
“There is nothing like the smell of a bookstore. If you ask me, it's actually a combination of smells: part library, part… — Kathryn Fitzmaurice Copy Share Image
“Any good, persistent, business-minded, prolific writer can succeed if they keep writing and moving forward. For the modern author, that’s excellent news.” — Sean Platt Copy Share Image
The more and more I got into writing, the harder and harder it became for me. I still love it, but it… — Paloma Elsesser Copy Share Image
“Every time they ban the book, it becomes national headlines. I sell more books, so it’s actually lucrative for me. We call… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
A reader has to be concerned only with the end result; unless he chooses to analyze it, he does not have to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
If I have an idea, I write it down, although I usually carry a little dictation machine with me because I'm too… — Tommy Shaw Copy Share Image
You have to believe in yourself before the world has given you any indication that you should believe in yourself as a… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its ills, its… — Ken Saro-Wiwa Copy Share Image
“Furthermore, if you watch a few of the free YouTube videos and decide you would want to hear more, you can buy… — Caroline Porter Thomas Copy Share Image
There are a lot of experimental novels that test the boundaries of what the novel is, and 'Conversations' is not one of… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
“I am more interested in human beings than in writing, more interested in lovemaking than in writing, more interested in living than… — Anaïs Nin Copy Share Image
I'm sure I've been influenced by every fine writer I've ever read, from Dickens and Austen to Auden and Jane Hirshfield. And… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
“A writer must develop a representative voice. A writing voice is reflective of the sum total of his or her cognitive, physical,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I never liked my father. He really was a dullard and misanthrope. My mother and he were married for 22, years and… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I am reading "The Yellow Birds" by Kevin Powers and "Redeployment" by Phil Klay . Both Powers and Klay are Iraq War… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Reading-not occasionally, not only on vacation but everyday-gives me nourishment and enlarges my life in mysterious and essential ways. — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
If you're gonna write, for God in heaven's sake, try to get naked. Try to write the truth. Try to get underneath… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
The writer, like everyone else, is equipped in infancy with a thick padding of things he believes to be true, but which… — Jon Franklin Copy Share Image
It is with the reading of books the same as with looking at pictures; one must, without doubt, without hesitations, with assurance,… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“Dinner-parties bore us because our imagination is absent, and reading interests us because it is keeping us company.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how to.… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure. — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
Most people quit. If you don't quit, if you rewrite, if you keep publishing in fancier places, you will understand that "What's… — Robert Lipsyte Copy Share Image
“If you want to understand language, spend less time in the library with Plato and more time on the buses with people.” — Plato Copy Share Image
“A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them… — Christy Hall Copy Share Image
Yeah, I used to write short stories at first, but once you work on something, you want to show people. My peers… — Giveon Copy Share Image
“He said that he felt that there was a book hidden between us. Some small thing lodged between a rib or a… — Mikl Paul Copy Share Image
I think back on that day when 16-year-old me scribbled on some silly piece of paper for some long-forgotten high school career-day… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
It's very hard to tell somebody how to write when they're so good, and they're a brilliant writer and a really good… — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
“It isn’t much, but it allows the writer a place of reflection, a place to discuss anything with nobody.” — Forbes West Copy Share Image
I definitely feel like when I write a book it's not my job to police or guide the readers. The book and… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
I would say that writing, both the act of writing, and of course reading of other people's work is, for me, supreme… — James Lipton Copy Share Image
“...it’s like tasting a page of a book and noticing the minute differences between the ink and the bare page and using… — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Ive always been a big fan of beauty. Sure, you cant judge a book by its cover but who wants to have… — Green Monk Copy Share Image
I think age is really changing how I write and the themes that I connect with. But there are also things I'm… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels. — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
“No creature on earth has a right to think himself a human being if he doesn't know at least one good book” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
