A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
Desultory reading is delightful, but to be beneficial, our reading must be carefully directed. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He just kind of talks them through, and then I get the fun part cause I get to make up the stories. — Jerry B. Jenkins Copy Share Image
...bookstores, libraries... they're the closest thing I have to a church. — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
I write about my feelings, things that happen in my life and experiences. — Aaron Carter Copy Share Image
“I read to escape...I write to help others escape... --Howard Hopkins, Author of The Chloe Files” — Howard Hopkins Copy Share Image
You know, it really doesn't matter what (the media) write as long as you've got a young and beautiful piece of ass. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach… — Coventry Patmore Copy Share Image
Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
There are infimal readers, readers who want to read the same book over and over, but will never read the same book… — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
I try not to repeat a story. I try not to repeat an emotion. I want it to be all sort of… — Michael Patrick King Copy Share Image
I think every creative impulse that a working writer, or artist of any sort has, comes out of that dark old country… — Anne Rivers Siddons Copy Share Image
“(this is before we're living together, before we do the most faithful act of all, mix our separate books into one library)” — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
If I am unhappy, I can write "damn it" in my personal diary, but I can't do that on a microblog so… — Fan Bingbing Copy Share Image
“Writing letters...means to denude oneself before the ghosts, something for which they greedily wait. Written kisses don't reach their destination, rather they… — Kafka, Franz Copy Share Image
A reader does not suddenly comprehend what is being read or studied, in a snap, miraculously. Comprehension needs to be worked forged,… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
When you haven't met someone, regardless of whether they're an author or not, when you're taking their work, and you are in… — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
I think the more avenues that open up when people want to publish, the better. Some of the authors that want to… — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
“Don’t give up on books. They feel so good—their friendly heft. The sweet reluctance of their pages when you turn them with… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I am very grateful to the electronic world for making my life easier, but there is something about holding a book -… — Anne Fadiman Copy Share Image
He who only writes to suit the taste of the age, considers himself more than his writings. We should always aim at… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“That's the thing with a diary, though. In order to record your life, you sort of need to live it. Not at… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image