I'm gregarious with writers and never with manuscripts . . . I [like to] create the illusion of seamless perfection, so I… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Historically, the Old Charges fall into three groups. The first comprises the two earliest versions, the Regius MS of c.1390 and the… — John Hamill Copy Share Image
I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
Since my first novel was rescued from a slush pile, it makes me sad that most publishing houses no longer accept unsolicited… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I can't predict how reading habits will change. But I will say that the greatest loss is the paper archive - no… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Lincoln was not a good impromptu speaker; he was at his best when he could read from a carefully prepared manuscript, though… — David Herbert Donald Copy Share Image
There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again. I was entirely absorbed in… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
I wanted to write; I sought all possible paths of personal liberation, but I could never sacrifice a living instant of life… — Nina Berberova Copy Share Image
I wake at 5 or 5:30 most mornings, make myself a latte and grab a cookie, write until 10 or 11, go… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I didn't go to graduate school, where all the important writers seemed to be getting their start. I didn't pursue getting published… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
Himmler wants to send an expedition to Tibet to look for ancient manuscripts on the Aryans. The man is like a little… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
I had Paterson, and The Art Lover, to guide me for The Tales of Horror (written from 1988-'97 and published in 1999),… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
Having a book is somewhat like having a baby, as many woman writers have observed before me: the conception, the long preparation,… — Doris Grumbach Copy Share Image
I have learned patience, for sure. Pre-publication is a long waiting game, especially for authors of picture books. We write the manuscript,… — Renee Watson Copy Share Image
I revise the manuscript till I can't read it any longer, then I get somebody to type it. Then I revise the… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
Instead of taking a year off, I started 'Dreamers of the Day' exactly 36 hours after I sent the manuscript for 'A… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
To visit Morocco is still like turning the pages of some illuminated Persian manuscript all embroidered with bright shapes and subtle lines. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Petrarch sometimes wrote letters to long-dead authors. He was also a dedicated hunter of classic manuscripts. Once, after discovering some previously unknown… — David Markson Copy Share Image
Whatever artistry may occur within the manuscript, the magic happens for me in the last draft. Whatever I have been resistant to… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
The account of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the manuscripts are inaccurately designated, and of the half a century… — Geza Vermes Copy Share Image
I do believe that the collapse of the traditional media is catastrophic for our democracy, but I wasn't about to mythologize it.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
If the big publishers are doing so well, why do they require writers to send return postage with their manuscripts? — Dan Poynter Copy Share Image
There is great exhilaration in breaking one of these things. ... Ramanujan gives no hints, no proof of his formulas, so everything… — George Andrews Copy Share Image
