I had no ghost writers for the books - I wrote every line myself. — Reinhold Messner Copy Share Image
The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post. — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
There's still a fascination with somebody who can write at book length, no matter what the book is. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“Your greatest dreams will always slumber within the vicious depths of fear.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
The great thing about writing is, if you don't like the world, we'll create a different one. — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
If I could offer but one helpful hint to young Hoosiers hoping to better their odds for success in life, I would… — Richard Lugar Copy Share Image
Sometimes what I'm looking for is the thing that will help renew people's interest in a writer that they may have written… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
Writing about unknown people means I spend a lot of time arguing to the reader about why it's worth knowing about them.… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
“You can’t write novels about people who are timid, risk-averse and passive. Or you can, but they’re called literary novels.” — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
On a court full of great writers, I shouldn't say full of - there have been some bad writers on the court… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
I am a writer who has written about the life of my people, the character of my people. What I can say… — Jorge Amado Copy Share Image
...in the business of writing what one accumulates is not expertise but uncertainties. Which is but another name for craft. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
What's encouraging is that the early new platforms - Kindle and iPad - are clearly leading to people buying more books. The… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
Nothing can injure a man's writing if he's a first-rate writer. If a man is not a first-rate writer, there's not anything… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
The secret of it all, is to write in the gush, the throb, the flood, of the moment – to put things… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be… — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
I certainly wake up every morning and thank God that I'm not a novelist because the theater is tough, but novel writing… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
To choose a writer for a friend is like palling around with your cardiologist, who might be musing as you talk to… — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
I was almost teaching myself through writing without even realizing it. It's like therapy. You can hear my progression as a person… — Bea Miller Copy Share Image
I won't say that writing is therapy, but for me, the act of writing is therapy. The ability to be productive is… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
