I was very into books.

There was a little movie I did called 'Women In Trouble' that a friend of mine made. That, to me, was a very satisfying…

— Sarah Clarke

I'm always amazed by writers who tell me they plan everything at the beginning. I feel their writing days must be very bland.

— Rose Tremain

It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.

— Tim O'Brien

At the very beginning, I was a page at Letterman, and I freelanced for any place that would let me write any word. I…

— Ben Schwartz

I am married to a writer, and this - writing - is an odd enterprise. It's something we both support very strongly.

— Siri Hustvedt

I liked climbing trees and could often be found up one reading a book. I played games with Dad and drew maps for him…

— Rhianna Pratchett

Nothing teaches great writing like the very best books do. Yet, good teachers often help students cross that bridge, and I have to say…

— Julia Glass

The talk shows in the States want celebrities, not authors. In France, it is different; writers are called upon to comment on everything. They…

— Edmund White

But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.

— Betsy Lerner

“Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”

— Markus Herz

It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,…

— Anna Quindlen

“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

— Louisa May Alcott

“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.”

— Christopher K. Krebs

“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.”

— Kevin Ansbro