I think my first story sold for $550. This was in 1954, and it seemed like quite a lot of money, and… — John Updike Copy Share Image
From the earliest age, I was just different. I think that's part of every writer's little revenge. You think, 'I'm not a… — Janine di Giovanni Copy Share Image
I'm somewhere between a gumshoe and a journalist. A writer, not a symbol. — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
There's a book called 'Where The Wild Things Are,' by American writer Maurice Sendak... it really is the most sublime book. It's… — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
I have been definitely influenced more by Latin American writers than by any other type of writer. They are very close in… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's not a book. We don't have… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
For any writer, the ability to look at a sentence and see what's superfluous, what can be altered, revised, expanded, and, especially,… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
I call Algonquin Books 'the gods and goddesses of publishing.' Not only did they give me a career, they care deeply about… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
“...the making of stories is only one part of my craft -mainly, I'm a heart whisperer...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
“I keep on going with this sad and hungry and sordid, this limping and mutilated story, because after all I want you… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the writer. — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
“The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable.” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
In the beginning, I tried to be a more cosmopolitan writer, but I realized that I was a country boy, and I… — Ernest Gaines Copy Share Image
“The hours tick by as I lie in bed. Memories keep surfacing, tormenting me into unbelievable sadness. I can't bring myself to… — Ashley Earley Copy Share Image
It is customary for the writer to sneer that Hollywood has traduced their book. Well, I adore my film. — Allison Pearson Copy Share Image
“To forget oneself-to lose oneself in the music, in the moment- that kind of absorption seems to be at the heart of… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a Bollywood hero or Hollywood hero. All you see on the screen is the lead actor's… — Dhanush Copy Share Image
As for critics, one mediocre writer is more valuable than ten good critics. They are like haughty, barren spinsters lodged in a… — Peter Greenaway Copy Share Image
“ When you are young and strong...you can stay alive on your hatred"....but realized later "They can take everything from me except… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
One of the things I do as a food writer is to take a classic recipe made with meat, look at it… — Crescent Dragonwagon Copy Share Image
