“There are few sights sadder than a ruined book, but Klaus had no time to be sad.” — Lemony Snicket Copy Share Image
Fiction is the most joyous, beautiful, sophisticated, wonderful thing in the world. — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
“You have to write about yourself before you can write about anything else.” — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
“Someone said, 'It's all been done before.' Yes, I agreed, but we all have to say it in our own voice.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
When you handle books all day long, every new one is a friend and a temptation. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In a sense, all fiction is experimental. Every new book is an adventure into unknown territory. As Hemingway told us, you (the… — Richard Laymon Copy Share Image
Literature makes history come to life. It is maybe the most accurate depiction of history, especially literature that was written in the… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
“She feels bruised by her reading and by life too. She wonders, does she always fight her books before yielding to them?” — Austin Wright Copy Share Image
Making the best-seller list is a big deal; it's like being nominated for an Oscar. Hitting No. 1 is like actually winning… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
“My main objective in writing is to open the minds of my readers, to say 'the world can be a wonderful place… — Gary Crew Copy Share Image
As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend. — Francine du Plessix Gray Copy Share Image
My readers think that I write for the day because my writings are based on the day. So I shall have to… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
I just feel much more secure about whatever I write if I stand with one foot in reality - meaning if the… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
If I haven't anything to write, I am just as anxious to 'take my pen in hand' as though I had a… — Kate Douglas Wiggin Copy Share Image
Bicycling beyond the Divide did what all great books do: it told me about me. In its tale of a journey made… — Bret Lott Copy Share Image
“You're writing, you're coasting, and you're thinking, 'This is the best thing I've ever written, and it's coming so easily, and these… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
[Kurt] Vonnegut was a writer whose great gift was that he always seemed to be talking directly to you. He wasn't writing,… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
There's something about the idea of writing, and thinking about writing as a form of prayer - the way as a writer… — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
You know, many writers really don't like to write. I think this the chief complaint of so many. They hate to write;… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“My book should smell of pines and resound with the hum of insects. The swallow over my window should interweave that thread… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique challenges; bottom line, fiction is hard because you have to come up… — Lisa Scottoline Copy Share Image
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