Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with the superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in reach… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
A proper autobiography is a death-bed confession. A true man finds so much work to do that he has no time to… — Mary Antin Copy Share Image
When I was small and easily wounded books were my carapace. If I were recalled to my hurts in the middle of… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
I believe we all have the capacity to be masters of many things, and there's nothing that we can't do. You can… — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
The late Queen Victoria once paid a royal visit to a renowned library. At one point, the head librarian asked, "Your Majesty,… — Countess of Longford Elizabeth Pakenham Copy Share Image
Once I'd worked out that I couldn't possibly expect people to enjoy a monstrous, 3000-page book, I realised I could in fact… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
If you haven't got an idea, start a story anyway. You can always throw it away, and maybe by the time you… — William Campbell Gault Copy Share Image
“If they want to come for you, they will come, and it doesn't matter what you read or what you failed to… — Madeleine Thien Copy Share Image
“Books have no life; they lack feeling maybe, and perhaps cannot feel pain, as animals and even plants feel pain. But what… — Elias Canetti Copy Share Image
“You poor girl, what sort of aged, unfriendly Libraries have you met in short life? A silent Library is a sad Library… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“One way to understand fiction is to treat every story as an attempt to make an argument (Helena Bell has written more… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
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Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like… — Bruce Robinson Copy Share Image
Another editor. That thing behind his ear is his pencil. Whenever he finds a bright thing in your manuscript he strikes it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Even today, I hunt for the fabulous books that will change me utterly. I find myself happiest in the middle of a… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
Publication is rather like pushing the boat out; then the boat/book turns into a melting ice floe and you have to conjure… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
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I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
The only thing that I discovered very early on is that, even though we might change schools and cities and towns and… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
Yes, yes; you’ve read thousands of books but you’ve never tried to read your own self; you rush into your temples, into… — Bulleh Shah Copy Share Image
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In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
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Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
It [eBook] is like introducing the machine gun to a revolutionary war. It changes everything. If you can reach your fans directly… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
In a sense my whole life as a writer is trying to find structural ways, or formal ways, to permit that outflowing… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“...and above all, you should not think of writing as a way of earning your living. If you do, your work will… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
The real importance of reading is that it creates an ease & intimacy with the process of writing... It also offers you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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[When] he's here, he's always reading. He says books stop time. I myself think he's crazy...Don't tell anyone, but when he reads… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
It's very difficult, I think for most writers, to carve out the time and the kind of imaginative space to do the… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
“So you’re left scratching your noggin, wondering how to convert them to your singularly valid viewpoint, which can be mind-numbingly frustrating. Don’t… — Joshua Fields Millburn Copy Share Image
The Library is an open sanctuary. It is devoted to individual intellectual inquiry and contemplation. Its function is to provide free access… — Robert G. Vosper Copy Share Image
A compelling and important story of First Word War Scotland, a time when women redefined the word hope as the world was… — Ami McKay Copy Share Image
Nearly all literature, in one sense, is made up of guide-books. Old ones tell us the ways our fathers went, through the… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The faults of a brilliant writer are never dangerous on the long run; a thousand people read his work who would read… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
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