When I wrote about media and technology, I had a lot of…

“Writing is lonely, it's an intimate talk with the undead, with the unborn, with the absent, with strangers , with the readers who may…

— Rebecca Solnit

I've often thought books give you - put you in a world that you never thought you could go. And I often would say,…

— Anthony Ray Hinton

I talk about folding it in often with Althea, my girlfriend. She's getting her doctoral degree at Berkeley and she talks about how even…

— Paul Beatty

“We had good long talks about my writing in the days that followed. "Write of things you know, Julie; familiar, simple things that you…

— Irene Hunt

“Allen Ginsberg asked me to sign his book. I must've stood there for five minutes drawing a complete blank. Hi Allen, from one howl…

— Eileen Myles

I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do book signings…

— Robert Hunter

Moms come up to me at book signings.

— Judy Blume

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

— Greg Louganis

I love the book signings, you know, because I get to talk to real people, and a staggering number of people have said something…

— William J. Clinton

I love the writers in Austin. We stick together. We all like each other and go to each other's book signings in case no…

— Elizabeth Crook

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're…

— Judy Blume

I remember the days of sitting at book signings, playing with my pen when no one would come, and still I even then thought…

— Harlan Coben

I have gone to more book signings and product launches than I can remember.

— Jill Zarin

“In my own book-signings, I find humility. It’s always humbling when people go out of their way to come visit with me and by…

— Nicholas Trandahl

There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is.

— Donald Miller