I think that The Second Sex will seem an old, dated book, after a while. But nonetheless, a book which will have… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
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For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
When you write ,it's like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring then unity. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
All writers are autobiographical to a degree and writing about the nature of their inner life. My inner life has always been… — Francis Levy Copy Share Image
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I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
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“say, “Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
She did not want to read this book from start to finish, or rather, she thought perhaps it did not want her… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Steven Pinker says, the invention of printing and the widespread appearance of fiction - this taught empathy. If you read a novel,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
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My favorite, and the author I wish I was reading right now and always is Nora Ephron. I love the humor, the… — Garance Dore Copy Share Image
A shame really, because putting the right book in the right kid’s hands is kind of like giving that kid superpowers. — Cecil Castellucci Copy Share Image
There is a great deal that either has to be given up or be taken away from you if you are going… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I respect people that find writing easy, because I have focus problems. I'll spend five days eating cereal and YouTubing and two… — Alexa Chung Copy Share Image
A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes. — Pat Schneider Copy Share Image
Writing can't be too calculated. My best writing is when I set it aside, move on. It's not when I'm crafting a… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
Novelists of a conservative or more purely aesthetic bent hold up better on the surface, but their novels go in and out… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
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A sentence should be read as if its author, had he held a plough instead of a pen, could have drawn a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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No man writes a book without meaning something, though he may not have the faculty of writing consequentially and expressing his meaning. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
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As far as what readers can expect with 'Maybe Someday,' I'm not the type of writer who writes to educate or inform… — Colleen Hoover Copy Share Image
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The library was one enormous room, with long, high metal shelves and the perfect quiet that libraries provide for anyone looking for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I can't imagine ever writing anything of any kind on a machine. I never tried to write either poetry or prose on… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
The art of the novel is to arrive at that artless point where your characters become more real than yourself. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
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