Writing is a divine art, and the more I write and read the…

Art goes on in your head. If you said something interesting, that might be a title for a work of art and I'd write…

— Damien Hirst

If Dante was writing The Divine Comedy in 2013, he might very well have set part of it in the suburbs.

— Joshua Mohr

“A scribe’s job is to transcribe what he is instructed to write down. Just as God directed and inspired the authors of the Bible,…

— Beau Jason McGlynn

My idea of art is, you write something that makes people feel so strongly that they get some conviction about who they want to…

— Mary Karr

“The art is never about what you write about. The art is about how you write about what you write about.”

— Chris Abani

“I’m only going to say this once: there’s a difference between writing and creating art. Anyone can write, but only a few can create…

— Saffron A. Kent

I think it's very, very, very hard to get a book published. I never want to be one of those teachers that say, 'don't…

— Alyson Richman

Making your bed could be a piece of art, and writing a book could be a piece of art. You could also write a…

— Matthew Brannon

“When I can’t write I read. When I can’t read I sleep. And when I can’t sleep I write.”

— Jarod Kintz

“If you can't write, read. If you can't read, walk. Or walk and read, then write.”

— Joyce Rachelle

To write you had to read so I backed into reading.

— Richard Ford

You must write, and read, as if your life depended on it.

— Adrienne Rich

I am a recluse at present & do nothing but write & read & read & write

— Katherine Mansfield

“Best advice to writers - Read, write, read, write - repeat!”

— Lilly Cain

In the past few years I've assigned books to be read before a student attends one of my weeklong seminars. I have been astonished…

— Natalie Goldberg