As a young man, I saw families prosper without reading because there were always sufficient opportunities for willing workers who could follow… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
We have to diversify, we have to find work we can do that helps other people while helping ourselves, work that has… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
“The term 'role model' is so odious, but the truth is it's a very strong writer indeed who gets by without a… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“In a sense one should not go to books for ideas; the business of books is to make one think. We are… — David Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Much more than an entertaining set of exaggerated facts, fiction is a metaphoric method of describing, dramatizing and condensing historical events, personal… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“One writes not to be read but to breathe...one writes to think, to pray, to analyze. One writes to clear one's mind,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
“I think it will last," said Grandfather. "In my experience when people once begin to read they go on. They begin because… — Elizabeth Goudge Copy Share Image
“The way you get good ideas is to do two things: 1) Read two hours a day. 2) Write ten ideas a… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
In fact, people seem to be tired of fiction now. There are so many other ways of exploring humanity - by ethnology,… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that… — Lee Hall Copy Share Image
Worst part of being a writer: having to tell my toddler that I can't play with her because I'm working. Keep in… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
“Potential literature is what we might call language in the hands of a crafty reader, the way potential music is sound to… — Daniel Levin Becker Copy Share Image
True browsing means that we discover shelves and subjects that we could not have anticipated when we started. And the books we… — Ramona Koval Copy Share Image
I just always felt whole when I was writing. I felt this kind of beautiful privacy that I never felt in any… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
“This was what I came to found. The conquest of loneliness was the missing link that was one day going to make… — Leon Uris Copy Share Image
Continuous present is all we have, and stream of consciousness - which in a novel is arguably just as artificial as the… — Will Self Copy Share Image
To be honest, I’m more concerned with living my life than writing about my life. I feel like that’s really the main… — Jeff Tweedy Copy Share Image
“The impression is for the writer what experiment is for the scientist, with the difference that in the scientist the work of… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“If you are here because you think writing will always be fun, you're in for a disappointment. Writing -- real writing --… — M. Molly Backes Copy Share Image
We read and remember certain writers because they offer distinctive voices and perspectives, because they've given themselves over completely and passionately to… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“I think the reason why I don't read so much, is because as I have observed, whole books all boil down to… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“He is totally abandoned in the way he buys book after book, never to read a single one. I wouldn't mind if… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
I had to learn, as I soon did, that one must give up everything and not do anything else but write, that… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“What I mean by reading is not skimming, not being able to say as the world saith, "Oh, yes, I've read that!,"… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The living together is very important in a way. It's important for writing. It wouldn't be important if we were like just… — Steve Winwood Copy Share Image
Beware of books. They are more than innocent assemblages of paper and ink and string and glue. If they are any good,… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
“Tonight I write this journal entry on my laptop. Other nights I have handwritten entries in notebooks. Sometimes I jot down notes… — Paula Huntley Copy Share Image
Experts generally agree that taking all opportunities to read books and other material aloud to children is the best preparation for their… — Lilian Katz Copy Share Image
At a certain point in the writing of any book, you become absolutely certain that it's terrible and is only getting more… — Greg van Eekhout Copy Share Image
Book burning is a charming old custom, hallowed by antiquity. It has been practiced for centuries by fascists, communists, atheists, school children,… — Richard Armour Copy Share Image
I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years.… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“Susan Griffin describes it as a time when "there is no intrinsic authority to my words." "I...clean off my desk. I make… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
When I'm really plugged in I find it difficult to write. It's like digging a well. If you make a void, something… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“The existence of any library, even mine, allows readers a sense of what their craft is truly about, a craft that struggles… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“I work [at a library] because I love books, because I'm inveterately curious, and because, like most librarians, I'm not well suited… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
A man I know who writes and aspires to be a novelist does very little reading, and he's not that successful. But… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
For a while I used to listen to those whispers about babies costing you books, and Cyril Connolly's loathsome quote that "There… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
Reading has made me more open, has improved my understanding, and has made me a better artiste, but it also makes me… — Sonam Kapoor Copy Share Image
“I used to pinch those pages closed when I read the book to keep from having to see Joan [of Arc] fail.… — Madeleine George Copy Share Image
My commodity as a writer, whatever I'm writing about, is me. And your commodity is you. Don't alter your voice to fit… — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
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