I don't know if I'm a writer who plays poker or a poker player who writes. — Victoria Coren Mitchell Copy Share Image
“Joy's life in the doing (..) I mean it's the writing, not the being read that excites me.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Dont like sittin the pen it stinks, but in brooklyn we sit in the pens like ink. — Papoose Copy Share Image
An editor does not just join shots. He creates emotions out of the shots. — Rajkumar Hirani Copy Share Image
That's the great thing about literature -- it makes the world less lonely. — Robert Stone Copy Share Image
Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life. — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Write a lot and hit the streets. A writer who doesn't keep up with what's out there ain't gonna be out there. — Toni Cade Bambara Copy Share Image
One of the most satisfying aspects of writing is that it can open in us deep wells of hidden treasures that are… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share Image
When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
“I have inherited fragrance of classic books. Drilling the wall for light, hair tied to a beam in fear of drowsing, I… — Lisa See Copy Share Image
Books are necessary to correct the vices of the polite; but those vices are ever changing, and the antidote should be changed… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work. — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
If you are interested in writing, get out and live your life! Do a lot. See a lot. Keep your eyes and… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
I'd gotten the message in my home, starting with my grandfather, that real work, the kind that makes you sweat and gets… — Ali Liebegott Copy Share Image
“I've never written a book, except my first, without at some point considering that I might die before it was completed. This… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The First Book: Go ahead, it won't bite. Well... maybe a little. More a nip, like. A tingle. It's pleasurable, really. You… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
“The only course to pursue to make life bearable on such a day, at least for women (I speak not of men,… — Rhoda Broughton Copy Share Image
“In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable to read bad literature than good literature. Good literature may tell us… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Well-meaning adults can easily destroy a child's love of reading. Stop them reading what they enjoy or give them worthy-but-dull books that… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
To read and to write. Some writers have to be told to write. They think their job is to meet agents and… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
