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In fear we are acting on fiction and in love we are acting on truth — Richard Gerber Copy Share Image
Writing makes everything else in my life okay; it makes everything make sense. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
When I wrote my first story, all the characters were teenagers because I think 16, 17 is a great age. — Julie Kagawa Copy Share Image
Sometimes the best books are the ones no-one has heard of and you have to dig deep to find — Crystal D. Spears Copy Share Image
Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
Six books after the surprises of 'Full Dark House,' the Bryant and May novels continue to stay within the bounds of formula… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
The writer is the person who stands outside society, independent of affiliation and independent of influence. — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Some books I've kept because the binding is beautiful - I'm unlikely ever to read my grandmother's copy of 'The Life of… — Hari Kunzru Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
I had a history for starting something and maybe getting halfway done. Then I'd see the same thing I was doing on… — Lori Greiner Copy Share Image
Book reviewing dates only to the eighteenth century, when, for the first time, there were so many books being printed that magazines… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
If I can keep losing myself - and finding parts of myself - in other people's writing and direction, then that's all… — Andrew Garfield Copy Share Image
“Where's your common sense? None of those books agree with each other. You've been locked up here for years with a regular… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I'm asked all the time, 'Doesn't it feel great to finish the novel?' And the answer to that is, 'No.' It's sort… — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
Ideas for stories come in really different terms and really different ways for me. Sometimes they're from books, sometimes they're just kind… — Brian Evenson Copy Share Image
“Go to them. Tell them, ‘I am a writer and this is my story.’ How will you know if your work is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Like dreaming, reading performs the prodigious task of carrying us off to other worlds. But reading is not dreaming because books, unlike… — Victor Null Copy Share Image
I did not consider that I would lead a literary life. I'd thought initially, as a young girl, that I would be… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
“Angels and demons, vampires and lycans, all set against an inventive, intriguing story world that hooked me from the first page. Balancing… — Lara Adrian Copy Share Image
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