Finally, if you want to write, you have to just shut up, pick up a pen, and do it. I'm sorry there… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Fiction's essential activity is to imagine how others feel, what a Saturday afternoon in an Italian town in the 2nd Century looked… — Guy Davenport Copy Share Image
“What the times demand, and in an unprecedented fashion, is that one be—not seem—outrageous, independent, anarchical. That one be thoroughly disciplined—as a… — James Baldwin Copy Share Image
I don't believe that fiction is dead. I know there are some people who believe that it's an outdated art form, and… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
“Taylor had been a book lover her entire life and, even at twenty-six, loved nothing more than curling up and getting lost… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
“Calvin: I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The 1930s birthed two great agrarian novels: 'Gone with the Wind' from the viewpoint of the ruling class, 'The Grapes of Wrath'… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
I don't know if a novelist ever fully detaches him- or herself from what they wrote and the way they wrote it.… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
My books are not about different components that fit together like pieces in a jigsaw puzzle, it's about creating the space around… — Richard Grossman Copy Share Image
“Reading. I can get lost in a world and spend days there. Besides, reading a book gives me a goal. It's that… — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“I have great respect for writers who are humble, whose language allows the reader to see the story but doesn't get in… — Jennifer Haigh Copy Share Image
People have told me that everything about me, every facet of my life, psyche, experiences, dreams, and fears, are laid out explicitly… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Writers that pretend to be in the throes of some kind of genius-demon, some kind of possessing spirit that refuses to let… — Matt Fraction Copy Share Image
There is no frigate like a book and no harbor like a library, where those who love books but can't afford their… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
I wish that the adults who are 'in power' cared more about what their children read. Books are incredibly powerful when we… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“It's always difficult when people compare me unfavorably with other contemporary writers. It's much easier when they use examples from earlier eras… — Tad Williams Copy Share Image
Beginning authors often get in their own way … They forget that they’ve been telling stories since they could talk. … The… — Cynthia Leitich Smith Copy Share Image
All of us can think of a book... that we hope none of our children or any other children have taken off… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning...Who ever thought I'd be a children's author -- let alone a… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
As a novelist, where do you go to tap into memories, and impressions, and sensations? It's usually, in my experience, your early… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
A good writer does not receive anywhere near the number of poison-pen letters that is commonly assumed. Among a hundred jackassesthere are… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their personal feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters… — Janvier Chouteu-Chando Copy Share Image
Your first book already defines you, while you are really far from being defined. And this definition is something you may then… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“We need librarians more than we ever did. What we don't need are mere clerks who guard dead paper. Librarians are too… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I think it's really good not to get published. It sounds crazy but it's true. People want to get published very soon,… — Sarnath Banerjee Copy Share Image
To this day I have no idea what dissident professor or librarian placed feminist texts on the bookshelves at the university library… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
“So I am led to one or two choices! Can I write? Will I write if I practice enough? How much should… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“It's time for bed. And here's what I'm going to do. I'm going to get in bed, and I don't have anyone… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
Without writing, the literate mind would not and could not think as it does, not only when engaged in writing but normally… — Walter J. Ong Copy Share Image
“I cannot imagine not reading. Some books, of course, are like lovers; you go to bed with them once and fall asleep… — Joe Bennett Copy Share Image
“...reading literature could teach you about the "universal human experience". Maybe you'll never hunt another man through the jungle. Maybe you won't… — Steve Dublanica Copy Share Image
I know the American Library Association has models for working with the poor. They do have that, and I think that we… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“In Tereza's eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood. For she had but a single weapon against the world of… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I don't want to approach reading from the viewpoint of that it's a pleasant adjunct to your life. I want to approach… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
I can think of few more worthy achievements than keeping a library alive and well for a century. As far as I… — Gillian Roberts Copy Share Image
If you buy my book at Walmart, I don't want you to read it. I want you to set it on fire.… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There are as many routes to writing success as there are writers who got there. My advice, however, applies across the board:… — Therese Fowler Copy Share Image
We all start out with the same alphabet. We are all unique. Talent is not the most important thing --- discipline and… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
“Life is depressing and hopeless enough, without imbibing further depression and hopelessness through story. I don’t care how realistic people like to… — Brad Torgersen Copy Share Image
