Writing, for me, is the best occupation I can think of, and there is nothing in the world I would rather do. — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor Copy Share Image
“books should go where they will be most appreciated, not sit unread, gathering dust on a foreign shelf, don't you agree?” — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
The man who writes for hire has an obligation, if only to himself, to keep an open mind and to absorb new… — Henry Mancini Copy Share Image
“I don't know whether it is beautiful or sad, that I find such blissful happiness within the confines of my own mind,… — Kendal Rob Copy Share Image
You are a writer when you tell yourself you are. No one else's opinion matters. Screw them. You are when you say… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
The idea that I'm going to have to sit down to write some fiction where I'm going to have to think of… — Tracey Emin Copy Share Image
Dept. of Speculation is gorgeous, funny, a profound and profoundly moving work of art. Jenny Offill is a master of form and… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the… — Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Copy Share Image
The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Don't be afraid to write. I think a lot of writers of all ages have a fear that they aren't any good… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I hate writing, I hate pens and paper and all that fussiness. I have done well enough without it too, I think.… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
For almost a quarter of a century, Teen Ink has been encouraging young people to write - and then has published those… — Anita Silvey Copy Share Image
“She wanted to own a book so badly and she had thought the copying would do it. But the pencilled sheets did… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
When you write a novel, there’s a level at which you are much more revealing about who you are because you’re less… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
To understand oneself requires patience, tolerant awareness; the self is a book of many volumes which you cannot read in a day,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along… — Brad Listi Copy Share Image
“Poor kid, I thought, to do this to yourself at twenty-three and leave a note that tells me you could have been… — Roger Kahn Copy Share Image
A year after Hemingway died on the front page, Faulkner went off after a binge, as if dying was nobody's business but… — Alfred Kazin Copy Share Image
I've tried writing on a computer thinking it would make me more efficient, but if you're writing crummy stuff, being efficient is… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
“Like a penny over time, reading ten pages a day would compound, just like that, and create inside you a ten-million-dollar bank… — Jeff Olson Copy Share Image
For anyone to take the time to care about what I write and read a book is so flattering to me because… — Davey Havok Copy Share Image
I don't read much, I don't have the time. But I'm not at all happy about that; I want to read more.… — Shawn Mendes Copy Share Image
Ah yes, the head is full of books. The hard part is to force them down through the bloodstream and out through… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
When I wrote about the French Revolution, I didn't choose to write about aristocrats; I chose characters who began their lives in… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
When I write, I'm talking to myself constantly to make sure that it sounds OK; it has kind of a nice rhythm… — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
There's a lot of effort expended once you begin to completely trash your life. Sometimes, writing feels like this to me. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
“The truth is I didn’t need therapy; I just needed to feel loved and know that someone out there craved my attention.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
Peter Watts delivers-solid, inventive hard sf about the deep sea, but as we've never seen before. This moves like the wind. — Gregory Benford Copy Share Image
If you look on Amazon - if you do a search for personal finance, there are literally 20,000 books written on personal… — Aaron Patzer Copy Share Image
When you tell a story that you know is having an effect on the audience, that, for me, is the transforming thing. — John Tiffany Copy Share Image
“To be able to talk to your heart's content about a book you like with someone is one of the greatest joys… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an… — Chenjerai Hove Copy Share Image
An editor who is a mentor, advisor, and psychiatrist. Don't kid yourself-a good editor will make your book better. — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
“A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.” — John Milton Copy Share Image
“I recalled how the old bookseller had always told me that books have a soul, the soul of the person who wrote… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really write about situations that I have trouble, you know I mean, so I guess .. that's why I feel so… — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
“When she left the library, pearly threads linked roof to roof, dormer to dormer, a luminescent web under which everyone was equally… — Anouk Markovits Copy Share Image
As much as I'm drawn to writing about teenage girls, I like the idea of having the freedom to branch out and… — Ann Brashares Copy Share Image
