“Judas, boredom is such a drag, drag, drag. Writing might be good therapy for me, though.” — Beatrice Sparks Copy Share Image
One would think a writer would be happy here — if a writer is ever happy anywhere. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I can direct things but I can't write. My memory is going, so I struggle for words. — Terry Jones Copy Share Image
Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut. — Tom Barbash Copy Share Image
“Write what you know. Write what you can't forget. Write to give yourself courage and others hope.” — Nikki Rosen Copy Share Image
“I work backwards with the ending in mind as I create art, stories, poems and books. Always in a process of becoming.” — Jill Telford Copy Share Image
People would much rather argue their own visions and conceptions about a book than engage in a dialogue with the author, because… — Chris Claremont Copy Share Image
If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
You can buy a book new, buy it in hardback or wait for the paperback, find it used or as a collectible.… — Neil Gaiman 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
Writing a book set in New Mexico was partially a way to express my own love for the state, and partially a… — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
Probably above all other things, I am interested as a writer in making a connection, interested in the parts of all of… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
Life is like a book. Some chapters sad, some happy, and some exciting. But if you never turn the page, you will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Our lady readers will pardon us if we pause for a moment to seek what could have been the thought concealed beneath… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“My job is never boring," Staples said. "There's nuts-and-bolts stuff like getting the tarpaulin over the shaft when it rains, and so… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
Writing is too hard not to do exactly what you want to do. It's a very draining and agonizing process for me,… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
It is never possible for a novelist to deny time inside the fabric of his novel: he must cling, however lightly, to… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Me writing the book and the subsequent interactions that we had were actually the cap on that experience. We were still in… — Melissa Febos Copy Share Image
I think, about the distinction between fiction and nonfiction. Fiction is not really about anything: it is what it is. But nonfiction… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“Dedicated ereaders are as sharp as steak knives in doing what they're supposed to do, which is let you read books. The… — Jason Merkoski Copy Share Image
“the sooner we can accelerate the adoption of digital books, the better it will be for libraries and the more likely that… — Jason Merkoski Copy Share Image
