When you've written long enough, you see that there's a common theme in your work. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Writers talk about the agony of writing; I talk about the agony of not writing. — Laura Z. Hobson Copy Share Image
“The only prerequisites for a writer are a word processor and thick skin.” — Mark Bell Copy Share Image
“While Reading a Book, I can Surf through Galaxies without even carrying an oxygen mask.” — My self Copy Share Image
All serious writers want the obvious rewards: fame, money, women, love -- and most of all, an audience! — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre. — Joe R. Lansdale Copy Share Image
I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny. — Paula Danziger Copy Share Image
With 'Nostromo', Joseph Conrad said that he had wanted to write a novel about the degradation of an idea. That's what we… — David Milch Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for someone going to buy a book, taking a class or listening to a lecturer to ask,… — Echo Bodine Copy Share Image
If the stories come, you get them written, you're on the right track. Eventually everyone learns his or her own best way.… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
There are damn few great writers and I'm not one of them. While I could afford to I played with words. When… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
Nothing ought to be more weighed than the nature of books recommended by public authority. So recommended, they soon form the character… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
I'm from a family of educators. I grew up with books in my house and in my hands and my parents in… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
Reading is another thing that has made me more human by exposing me to worlds I might never have entered and people… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
A new writer starting out today, whether it's for TV or film, they have to remember that they're telling the story to… — Tony Grisoni Copy Share Image
It's a fantastic privilege to spend three or four hundred pages with a reader. You have time to go into certain questions… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
“A lady sent me an email recently advising me to change my environment. I guess she read through the lines of my… — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
Frequently, an author gets "orphaned" at a publisher. What this means is that an editor buys their book, then ends up getting… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Ask anyone with a big book collection, and they'll tell you moving them was the hardest part of the move. Take down… — Lauren Leto Copy Share Image
Write every day. Make writing a part of your life, but also don't be afraid of learning from others because I think… — Kimberly Willis Holt Copy Share Image
What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Surely it is better, thought Domenica, that forty-five should buy the book and actually read it, than should many thousands, indeed millions,… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
