“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Normally I start with a plot, and write a synopsis, and the ideas come from the construction. — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
My tunnel vision allows me to have a longer work day than most writers. I'm thankful for that. — Joshua Mohr Copy Share Image
Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I feel like I partly came to writing through being in college during the start of the Iraq war, and knowing that… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share Image
Around A.D. 930, the sages in Tiberias assembled all 24 holy books and completed the writing of the codex, the first definitive… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Truth is the first thing that present-day literature lacks. The writer has drowned himself in lies, he is too accustomed to speak… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
“A philosopher and a social revolutionist, a painter, a singer, a poet, a writer, and a country gentleman, all engaged in sipping… — Elizabeth Breuer Copy Share Image
“Not everyone who knows how to write can be a writer. Not everyone who knows two languages can be a translator.” — Nataly Kelly Copy Share Image
“It’s not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only… — Ben Okri Copy Share Image
Unpersecuted, unjailed, unharrassed writers are trouble for the ignorant bully, the sly racist, and the predators feeding off the world's resources. — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
make it a practice to avoid hating anyone. If someone's been guilty of despicable actions, especially toward me, I try to forget… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
“One cannot judge in advance whether or not the idea of the story is worthwhile because until one has finished writing the… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
Every now and then, someone will tell me that one of my books has made them laugh out loud. I never believe… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
And I thought, eight years ago, when I began carefully charting the progress of American Gods, nervously dipping my toes into the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The first time I saw a review of one of my permaculture books was three years after I first started writing on… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
If a drought strikes them, animals perish--man builds irrigation canals; if a flood strikes them, animals perish--man builds dams; if a carnivorous… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
What I would really love to happen to me would be if I came upon an idea that would keep me busy… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
If I didn't write in my journal every couple of days, I felt like I was going to burst. Later I learned… — Sheryl Sandberg Copy Share Image
