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I have read my books by many lights, hoarding their beauty, their wit or wisdom against the dark days when I would… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
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“Bringing the workbook to publication also meant an ending. An ending of many days and hours of interaction with Tyrone. I knew… — Paula Heller Garland Copy Share Image
I was a reader. I loved reading. Reading things gave me pleasure. I was very good at most subjects in school, not… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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A lot of people who want to see the short story have a renaissance of readership - they tend to think of… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
Well, to be honest I think I'm a better short story writer than a novelist. Novels I find very hard, hours and… — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
I do not enjoy the promotional side of being a writer, to be blunt about it. Even with the little amount that… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
Lawrence Hill, a cultural and spiritual descendant of West African griots, has used his vast storytelling talents to create an epic story… — Afua Cooper Copy Share Image
I believe that writer's block is a symptom. It's not a disease, it's the symptom of a disease. So what I try… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want… — Gay Talese Copy Share Image
In creating the strange milieu in which your story takes place, you must first understand as well as you possibly can the… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Congratulations on the new library, because it isn't just a library. It is a space ship that will take you to the… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“My problem as a writer is that—whenever I meet someone for the first time—I immediately invent for them a personality and background… — James Rozoff Copy Share Image
“Influential books are often a disappointment, if they're properly influential, because influence cannot guarantee the quality of the imitators, and your appetite… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
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I am a book also, words and thoughts and stories held together by flesh. We open and close ourselves to the world.… — Ari Berk Copy Share Image
I'm not particularly inventive. If you left me in а room and told me to write a novel, I wouldn't be able… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
The library is a place of mental diversion, learning, and comfort for anyone who has an intellect. I know of no librarian… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“I was downstairs, reading." " Now?" I strained to see her face. She was smiling, it appeared. "Yes, now," she said. "It's… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
I have come to understand and appreciate writers much more recently since I started working on a book last fall. Before that,… — Phil Mickelson Copy Share Image
Come indoors then, and open the books on your library shelves. For you have a library and a good one. A working… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I've been waiting a long time to be a children's book author. I've spent decades getting good enough to write for children.… — Jewell Parker Rhodes Copy Share Image
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Authors change publishers because it's like being married for a long time and suddenly you want to go out and have a… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
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I read round the subject, I make a skeleton outline, and then I start work in the relevant archives. During the marshaling… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
“Bestseller doesn’t necessarily mean good writer. I think it takes 10,000 book sales to make the bestseller’s list, and at about 9… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Some books and authors are best sellers, but most aren't. It may be easier to self-publish than it is to traditionally publish,… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
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“Oh, but it is!" said Dot. "You see, I've taken many, many writing workshops. You'd be surprised how many." No I wouldn't,… — Jincy Willett Copy Share Image
Maberry is a master at writing scenes that surge and hum with tension. The pacing is relentless. He presses the accelerator to… — S.G. Browne Copy Share Image
My writing isn't actually guided by issues. I know it seems that way, but I don't sit down and think, Oh, there's… — Paula Vogel Copy Share Image
There's a certain kind of neurological makeup that goes along with being a writer, and having been in the room with a… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I think fiction isn't so good at being for or against things in general - the rhetorical argument a short story can… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
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