“Writing is like breathing -- it is necessary for my survival.” — Michelle C. Hillstrom Copy Share Image
“Confession: I don't want to be one of my characters. I'm mean to them sometimes. Really mean.” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
Why wouldn't - how couldn't - an author care about how his or her books look? — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“Let your words be your voice. And let your voice be heard within the hearts of others.” — Anasia Nicole Hixon Copy Share Image
“Grammar perfect books are for Ivy Leaguers in Ivory Towers. My book is a sandcastle built on the beach of usefullness.” — Jonathan Heatt Copy Share Image
“Literature can stop my heart and execute me for a moment, allow me to become someone else.” — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“This is for everyone who has ever looked at the stars, or gazed from atop a hill, or across the sea and… — Tim Perkins Copy Share Image
Point-of-view is a matter that readers rarely pay attention to, yet it's one of the most important story decisions an author makes. — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
“Sometimes just looking into a person's eyes can tell a graphic story and a brilliant novel if you have the ability to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as interesting as the dialogue going… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
I'm better suited to be a director, I think. I see myself as the general author. I hate the word 'auteur,' because… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
“Negative self talk costs more than even the richest person can afford. So be nice to yourself whenever possible … and know… — Doug Pedersen Copy Share Image
“I was a happy young woman and I just happened to write poetry. I wasn’t trying to get anywhere, I was where… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
“Magic and mystery writing follow the same, time-tested, three-act structure to stage their drama; set the scene, build the suspense, reveal the… — Steve Burrows Copy Share Image
“I know who the real hero is, and it isn't me or brave Lanaya. It's an old man with a white beard… — Rodman Philbrick Copy Share Image
“Most people keep their dreams to themselves, afraid to follow their hearts. Writers make their dreams a reality with each word, each… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who… — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette Copy Share Image
“An author’s operating charter is to unearth embedded symbols that reflect complementary and inconsistent relationships of our collective assemblage, combine harmonizing and… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Creative writing is your ability to develop your inner tension, your libido, your supply of energy and electric charge, turning the charge… — Lara Biyuts Copy Share Image
“You are a special breed that has never been. You are the highest stratum of the society. You belong to a class… — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha Copy Share Image
“In the stories Joan wrote when she was Daniel’s age, she had murdered her characters, while Daniel had his one character facing… — Cherise Wolas Copy Share Image
“Whether the underlying cause of your dependency is a chemical imbalance, unresolved events from the past, beliefs you hold that are inconsistent… — Chris Prentiss Copy Share Image
“A writer must find his own grain, way, bent. ...He aspires to create new and original works. His way is alone. If… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Time is a funny thing, it can give and it can take away; and a single moment in time can truly change… — Donna L. Jones Copy Share Image
“To describe an emotion is to feel with words. To communicate a moment of existence is to bridge the eternal and the… — Charles M. Heyworth Copy Share Image
