When I'm writing well, I feel happy. And when I go too long without writing, I begin to implode. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“Secondhand books are haunted, according to him. Ghosts in the pages.” — Cath Crowley Copy Share Image
If I don't cry while writing a key emotional scene, my gut feeling is it's failed. — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
“I had been given a wonderful opportunity to be a novelist — a chance you just don't get every day.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Perhaps one of the writer's tasks is to weave himself into others' pain.” — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
“Maybe I hope too much. Maybe I dream too much or maybe I love too much to just give up on you.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
Accused of spreading pornography on the communications revolution, notat all fair, here are the best of literature available that you do not… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Often have I sighed to measure By myself a lonely pleasure,- Sighed to think I read a book, Only read, perhaps, by… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
As a reader myself, which precedes my being a writer, of course, I read in order to enter another world. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
Writers ever since writing began have had problems, and the main problem narrows down to just one word - life. — William Styron Copy Share Image
I feel that Nagai Kafu was a writer who cold stitch together apparently meaningless moments like these into a lyrical whole, and… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative. — Rachel Dratch Copy Share Image
“Being an author isn't just about making money or hitting the Amazon Bestsellers list, it's about the positive impact you and your… — Shannon Eckrich Copy Share Image
I do find that I tend to write about big questions. Why are we here? What are we doing? How do we… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
“I think most writers … write about episodes meaningful to them in terms of their own imaginations. Now that would include a… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
One can feel the immense joy of Amy Hill Hearth's engagement in her first novel. It radiates through every scene and through… — Philip K. Jason Copy Share Image
The journey toward authenticity, toward becoming whole is made palpable in Maureen Seaton's Sex Talks to Girls: A Memoir. It shines its… — Terry Wolverton Copy Share Image
All that is good in our history is gathered in libraries. At this moment, Plato is down there at the library waiting… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
For years, we've been bludgeoned with the cliche "information is power." But information isn't power. After all, who's got the most information… — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
You should write, first of all, to please yourself. You shouldn't care a damn about anybody else at all. But writing can't… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
