“The hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your wife that lying on the sofa is work.” — John Hughes Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as an "aspiring writer". You are a writer. Period. — Matthew Reilly Copy Share Image
What writer wants to make compromises with story? Story is the only reason you're in it. — David Simon Copy Share Image
“Some of the best advice my aunt gave me was if you want to find out more about something you read.” — Amanda Penland Copy Share Image
A book may only be judged for what it is, not what you'd like it to be. — Caitlín R. Kiernan Copy Share Image
What you're normally doing as a writer is trying to find the narrative. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
I had never thought about writing a novel. But I had two young kids, and I realized that if I could write… — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than… — James Earl Jones Copy Share Image
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When I finished the book [The Dissemblers], I sent it to one billion agents, and got one billion rejections. — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
I have been told by an eminent bookseller, that in no branch of his business , after tracts of popular devotion, were… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Marianne, who had the knack of finding her way in every house to the library, however it might be avoided by the… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Miscellanists are the most popular writers among every people; for it is they who form a communication between the learned and the… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
“It is not the job of writers to life our spirits. Books simply do what they do. They sometimes confirm the capricious… — Dionne Brand Copy Share Image
I adore Wilkie Collins,” Tessa cried. “Oh—Armadale! And The Woman in White … Are you laughing at me?” “Not at you,” said… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Books help to form us. If you cut me open, you will find volume after volume, page after page, the contents of… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
“The bar was meant to look like a place where Hemingway might have hung out in the Bahamas. A stuffed swordfish hung… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I started writing stories at a young age, but not once did it occur to me that I could grow up to… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
How about your favorite book?" "This Side of Paradise by From. Scott Fitzgerald." "Why?" "Because it was the last one I read."… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
“Don't you see, said Father, that you are confusing fiction with facts, fiction does not create facts, fiction can come from facts,… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
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