“There are more people involved in telling a story than the writer.” — Cecelia Ahern Copy Share Image
I never knew a writer yet whotook the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“Writing is a form of running away. Running away to a place you made with your own hand.” — Y.K. Raikou Copy Share Image
I would go to work from 9 to 6, go home, nap for two hours, then write from 8 to 2 a.m. — Lena Dunham Copy Share Image
This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Literature can train, and exercise, our ability to weep for those who are not us or ours. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
When you are not writing, you are a writer too. It doesn't leave you. — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
If I could chat with anyone, it would be Claire Messud, because I think she could tell me how to get better… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what a friend of mine calls — William Styron Copy Share Image
“She was the type of librarian who has “Reading is supposed to be educational, not fun” tattooed somewhere.” — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
“-"-A book takes me a year to write. It's too hard work for a revenge." -"If you knew how little you had… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“Writing...is the best, the only way I know to investigate myself, to figure out what I think and how I feel and… — Katrina Kennison Copy Share Image
“all over the world, the people always asked for the same thing: books. Sometimes even before medicine or shelter—they wanted books for… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“Early on I set out to write the next Great American Novel, and then later on I set out the silverware and… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Tell him I think writing is lousy," Bill said. "Go on, tell him. Tell him I'm ashamed of being a writer.” — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art… — Holbrook Jackson Copy Share Image
“Write non-fiction like fiction, so the reader is constantly turning the page to find out what happens next, and write fiction like… — Jeffrey Robinson Copy Share Image
It has become harder and harder to find books on a monthly basis that I feel absolutely compelled to share, .. I… — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
A writer needs loneliness, and he gets his share of it. He needs love, and he gets shared and also unshared love.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
It's kind of a mysterious process, but something will catch my attention, and I'll make a note about it. I may even… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
“We live in a society that doesn’t offer any support or appreciation for ventures that aren’t clearly articulated and aligned for a… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
The short answer to 'Why do you write' is - I suppose I write for some of the same reasons I read:… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I hate thinking about writer's block! I don't have writer's block much, knock on wood, but if I do, I think it's… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
