Writer Quotes · Page 186

Writers are the engineers of human souls.

— Joseph Stalin

“If there is progress then there is a novel.”

— William Carlos Williams

“The reader is the final arbiter.”

— Sam Reaves

“Nothing is written until you write it!”

— Frank Ainslie

The book, like the bicycle, is a perfect form.

— Jacques Barzun

For any writer, a red pen is such a trigger.

— Jason Isbell

“A book worth reading is worth owning.”

— John Ruskin

I'm more of an organic writer.

— Skip Marley

But it's for every writer to decide his own pace, and the pace varies with the writer and the work

— Donna Tartt

Some people are tied to five hundred words a day, six days a week. I'm a hesitater.

— Ian Mcewan

“KEEP BOOKS DANGEROUS Support small press publishers, writers, & artists.”

— Hosho McCreesh

In a time of crisis, there is rational tendency to turn to the writer.

— A. B. Yehoshua

I believe an editor's job is to help a writer sound like himself or herself.

— Robert Christgau

“Good for: Reminiscing. Gentle instruction. Putting readers at ease.”

— Stephen Coles

“When I read, I feel emotion all on my own. Emotion no living person is making me feel.”

— Kasie West

The function of a great library is to store obscure books.

— Nicholson Baker

If you have something to say, here's what you do: You write it down on a piece of paper, you go out…

— Louis C. K

I'm thinking of writing a book on national health care. It will be 2,000 pages, and you'll have two hours to read it.

— Ann Coulter

“What can I say? I like my books. Some guys like cars, some guys like women, I happen to like books.” He”

— Judy Wright

The writer, like a priest, must be exempted from secular labor. His work needs a frolic health; he must be at the…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Littera scripta manet - 'The written word will remain'. That's true, but it won't be that much comfort to me.

— Christopher Hitchens

“She flipped through the pages of her apps, as if Apple made an app for "Escape from a deserted island.”

— Kimberly Kinrade

“Don't just read, insert yourself into the story and experience the journey as if you were written into it! – Lynn Veevers”

— Lynn Veevers

First of all you are a writer, a writer is what you are, so it doesn't actually stop the moment you leave…

— Terry Pratchett

I don't know if I have a memory of not thinking I was a writer - it goes that far back. I…

— Elizabeth Strout

“I looked at the titles on the bookshelf and found a book on Greek mythology next to a book of poetry, which…

— Julianne Donaldson

“ MarkBaynard: [...] When you wrote yr 1st book, did U ever dream it was going to be welcomed by the world…

— Teresa Medeiros

When young people say I want to be a novelist, I'd say, think very carefully about it. There will be very few…

— Paul Auster

Write every day. Don't ever stop. If you are unpublished, enjoy the act of writing—and if you are published, keep enjoying the…

— Rick Bass

My first motion capture game was with Sony - 'NBA: The Life.' It was very ahead of its time. Brandon Akiaten, he…

— Nolan North

If you look back at history, [Dale ] Carnegie highlighted the need for libraries to be a place where everyone could go…

— Melinda Gates

If you're meant to do something like writing and you end up going into banking or finance, your going to be miserable.…

— Robert Greene

We become the books we read.

— Matthew Kelly

What editors are obliged to appear to say that

— Naomi Wolf

“Books fall open, you fall in”

— David McCord

I've come to think of myself as a writer of books.

— Richard Hell

“When you love a book it loves you back.”

— Bret Easton Ellis

“The sole/soul purpose of a book is to be read.”

— Dani J Caile

“Love with librarians mean love with books”

— Abid Hussain Library Officer

Whether or not you write well, write bravely.

— Bill Stout