“I've come to the realization that I really only want to write books that maybe I can't write.” — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
To be honest, I used to always procrastinate when I write. I mean, I love writing, but I hate it. — David Grann Copy Share Image
I have an excellent memory - for books and authors, that is. I remember all the books I've read. — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
The best way for me to procrastinate as a writer is research. — Quiara Alegria Hudes Copy Share Image
I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
I wrote every day between the ages of 12 and 20 when I stopped because I went to Barcelona, where life was… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
You write to please yourself, you write to move yourself, to engage yourself in the asking of questions that are important to… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
It is better to read a little and thoroughly than cram a crude undigested mass into my head, though it be great… — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
One of the stories that really impressed me was 'Anna Karenina.' As a novel, that made an impression on me, showing me… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I know I'm not going to write as well as I used to. I no longer have the stamina to endure the… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“I recommend readers to be adventurous and to try things they’ve never heard of or considered reading before. Get out of the… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
I once, when I was in the middle of making the move from Europe to the U.S., I started trying to put… — King Diamond Copy Share Image
So why do I write, torturing myself to put it down? Because in spite of myself I've learned some things. Without the… — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
It's a very nice kind of quasi-fame being a writer, because you remain largely anonymous and you can have a private life,… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
My job is to get people to write something truthful, something about truth and beauty - wherever they are - and to… — Grace Paley Copy Share Image
For any kind of reading I think better than leaving a blank still a blank, because the mind must receive a degree… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“He always told them the same thing, to begin with. ‘Try to avoid falseness and strain. Write what you really know about.… — A.S. Byatt Copy Share Image
Everybody should read fiction… I don’t think serious fiction is written for a few people. I think we live in a stupid… — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
