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When I was coming to terms with my sexuality, I often felt like I needed to seek out sanctuary outside of my… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
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I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under… — Samuel West Copy Share Image
I've always scribbled, and I still do it. I've written numerous scripts for films for which I think I'd be perfect as… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
The best time to start promoting your book is three years before it comes out. Three years to build a reputation, build… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“His gaze settles on the discarded book. He leans, reaching until his fingertips graze Dante's Inferno, still on its bed of folded… — Victoria Schwab Copy Share Image
He pretended it was the only thing that kept him from it. But, far back in his mind, he wondered if he… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“A letter is a most hazardous business, the written word allows no indecision, either distance or familiarity will emphasize the tone the… — José Saramago Copy Share Image
A book is an arrangement of twenty-six phonetic symbols, ten numerals, and about eight punctuation marks, and people can cast their eyes… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Life gives us struggles first and reward later. And as a writer my life's purpose is to write and tell stories. Some… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
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I can remember as a college student writing stories and novels, some of which ended up getting published and some that didn't.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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I rarely talk about work with writers, and I love getting together with writers. I think writers are great to get together… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Read as much as you write. Go out and meet other writers. Look for stories in everything around you - music, movies,… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
“In the fourteenth century, Italian literature was, by requirement, divided into two categories: tragedy, representing high literature, was written in formal Italian;… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
A writer like me must have an utter confidence, an utter faith in his star. It's an almost mystical feeling, a feeling… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Great authors, when they write about causes, adduce not only those they think are true but also those they do not believe… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
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But I work harder now because I have so much more exposure. And actually the harder you work as a writer, the… — Ron White Copy Share Image
Of course some people manage to write books really young and publish really young. But for most writers, it takes several years… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Burnout is grist to the mill. I write every day, for most of the day, so it's just about turning into metaphor… — Grant Morrison Copy Share Image
Big Stephen King fan. I think he's dismissed often as a hack probably because of his prolific body of work, but he's… — Miguel Ferrer Copy Share Image
Nothing good gets written without the writer suffering along the way, in my opinion. Writing should be a pleasure, but unless you… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I don't teach writing. I teach patience. Toughness. Stubbornness. The willingness to fail. I teach the life. The odd thing is most… — Richard Bausch Copy Share Image
A writer can spend a decade working obsessively on a novel, but in the commerce of publishing, many of the most important… — Chris Pavone Copy Share Image
“That life can be a rich place, comprised of the highbrow and the lowdown, the casual and the ambitious, private reading and… — Roger Sutton Copy Share Image
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“A Book “Now” - said a good book unto me - “Open my pages and you shall see Jewels of wisdom and… — Edgar Guest Copy Share Image
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As a young writer, I was sort of sailing around trying to 'find my voice' - for lack of a better term… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
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