“Books had been her means of escape; now they would be her refuge.” — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
I tell my stories the way I tell them in real life, the way I talk or describe things. — Saeed Jaffrey Copy Share Image
“There is no friend so faithful as a good book. There is no worse robber than a bad book.” — Italian proverb Copy Share Image
James Joyce actually is rewarding you in all of these incredible ways. — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
“You're not really writing until you're pretty sure you're the shittiest writer who ever lived.” — Alex Baze Copy Share Image
“She loved to walk down the street with a book under her arm. It differentiated her from the others” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Somebody is observing my writings, I know that. That's one reason why I keep reading and writing.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
A book which is left on a shelf is a dead thing but it is also a chrysalis, an inanimate object packed… — Susan Hill Copy Share Image
“The bright stars of the skies are far to touch; but there are other shiny stars that you can touch easily: The… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters. — John Banville Copy Share Image
I hate reading digital books. I don't enjoy the experience. I like smelling the paper, turning the pages. I think the book… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Communications Studies, much of your university work will be assessed by essay – whether that’s an essay you prepare in your own… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nonfiction ties your hands a bit, and just like writing poetry in rhyme, it can force you to make more brutal decisions… — Emily Susan Rapp Copy Share Image
Metafiction says something. It has to do with taking a large fiction itself and writing within it; that kind of self-reflecting writing… — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
When my younger son was 13 years old, he asked me to read 'Swallows and Amazons' to him while he made models.… — Michelle Magorian Copy Share Image
“Your writing can be chosen by one publisher and hated by all readers, or it can be rejected by one publisher and… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“BETH READ THROUGH the report on her computer screen three times. This was something her father had taught her. Read through once… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“I wrote this because someone put a gun to my head and said, “Write.” And do you know how long it takes… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
What is easy to read has been difficult to write. The labour of writing and rewriting, correcting and recorrecting, is the due… — G. M. Trevelyan Copy Share Image
The reason you write something that is exciting and visceral is to force people to hear what you have to say, especially… — Daveed Diggs Copy Share Image
