“You’ve come about your manuscript? It’s with the reader; no, I’m getting that wrong, it’s been read, very interesting, of course, now… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“The pain of an unpublished manuscript is akin to the trauma of bearing an unborn.” — Anurag Shourie Copy Share Image
I always feel trepidation at the beginning of every project. I worry about so many things. Time to get it right, the… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
It was in a stonecutter's house where I went to have a headstone made for Raftery's grave that I found a manuscript… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
In 1976, I read a book by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss and knew immediately that I, too, could write a historical romance. It… — Virginia Henley Copy Share Image
I wrote a great deal of a novel, 'Winter's Tale,' on the roof of a Brooklyn Heights tenement on Henry Street. I… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
“Childhood memories surge back more vividly midway through life – like some palimpsest whose original text suddenly reappears after the manuscript has… — Gérard de Nerval Copy Share Image
When you start writing a picture book, you have to write a manuscript that has enough language to prompt the illustrator to… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
Cut your manuscript ruthlessly but never throw anything away: it's amazing how often a discarded scene or description, which wouldn't fit in… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
