I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to… — Bernard Beckett Copy Share Image
My problem is never ideas. I've got more than I'll ever have time to write. It's all about how many I can… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
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When I began writing in the mid-1960s, I thought it was not important for readers to know whether I was male or… — E. L. Konigsburg Copy Share Image
“When you write it, don't write it in the manner of a spooky story. Don't try to give an explanation. Just say… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Like many readers, I am continually in search of books that allow me to lose myself in an entirely unique universe. — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
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“If you sell, say, two thousand copies, it is the same thing as if you had sold nothing at all because two… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
For a variety of reasons, my books struck the marketplace like a thunderclap; and one of those reasons was that there were… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
Some people ask why we don't just wait until we have the whole story before posting. The fact is that we sometimes… — Michael Arrington Copy Share Image
It makes me nuts, the idea that if you put a political struggle at the heart of your book, then it has… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
“It has long been my belief that everyone's library contains an Odd Shelf. On this shelf rests a small, mysterious corpus of… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
I think maybe I might have to do what some other authors do, which is do a variation on my name, just… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was… — Suzanne Fields Copy Share Image
One of the most common criticisms of romance is that the genre is too prescribed: If every romance novel ends happily ever… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
With 'A Northern Light,' I've already heard from teenage readers, teachers, librarians - it's been so gratifying. It's amazing that you can… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
With 'The Angel's Game', there was a lot of pressure from the expectations - expectations from the book industry and from readers;… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
There is a whole industry in America of people who want to write, and those who teach it. Even if the students… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
Writers begin changing the instant they append 'The End' to a novel. Readers begin changing the moment they encounter that same phrase.… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
An aging writer has the not insignificant satisfaction of a shelf of books behind him that, as they wait for their ideal… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
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