I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it. — Joan Larkin Copy Share Image
I find it utterly bizarre that total strangers write about your life in a completely fictional manner. — Helena Christensen Copy Share Image
A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written. — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Life seemed so much more manageable when you could write it down neatly on paper.” — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
The man who never lends his books probably remembers how he acquired them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Those who write as they speak, even though they speak well, write badly. — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Copy Share Image
I wonder if it's in the nature of fiction writers to never quite see their own lives as 'real,' since we are… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just… — Sinclair Lewis Copy Share Image
I remember a table in BarchesterTowers that had more character than the combined heroes of three recent novels I've read. — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
“He was distressed to learn that the Pottery Barn Kids gift registry did not extend to children's books in Italian or Yiddish.” — Sylvain Reynard Copy Share Image
Here's another piece of advice, only date people who have read a different set of books than you have read, it will… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I sometimes think about writing just to keep my mind active when I'm not working, but I don't think I would be… — Ruby Bentall Copy Share Image
No one bothered reading the books and understanding - and again, I'm not being high-falutin' about it - but I think our… — Avi Arad Copy Share Image
Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
“I claim that this bookless library is a dream, a hallucination of on-line addicts; network neophytes, and library-automation insiders...Instead, I suspect computers… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
Every writer must acknowledge and be able to handle the unalterable fact that he has, in effect, given himself a life sentence… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
Reading aloud and talking about what we're reading sharpens children's brains. It helps develop their ability to concentrate at length, to solve… — Mem Fox Copy Share Image
Novelists have, on the average, about the same IQs as the cosmetic consultants at Bloomingdale’s department store. Our power is patience. We… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“What I do in writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart, and skin of a human… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I've learned a lot about language from reading slush. You can immediately tell if a writer is in control of the narrative.… — Mary J. Miller Copy Share Image
