Writer Quotes · Page 240

One's favorite book is as elusive as one's favorite pudding.

— E. M. Forster

The writer's gift can make us see ourselves and our morals differently than our reality suggests.

— Michael Eric Dyson

Sometimes I think that novelists suffer from P.C.S.: Perpetual Childhood Syndrome.

— Simon Mawer

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The only reason people write is because they are not wonderful men.

— Anthony J. Carson

I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too.

— Michael Showalter

One of my favourite books of all time: 'The Great Gatsby'. I just think it's so well written.

— Danielle de Niese

“On the Writing Process: "When in doubt, take it out.,”

— Barbara DaCosta

The first time my mom read my very first book, she was like, 'I'm not gonna belabor this. It's not a big…

— Gillian Flynn

It seems to me that anyone whose library consists of a Kindle lying on a table is some sort of bloodless nerd.

— Penelope Lively

My writing is a product of how I would interact with things that have happened to me or things that have not…

— Rupi Kaur

I trained as a writer before I became a lawyer. I was headed for a life as an English professor, but that…

— Scott Turow

I really just love to read, period, whether it be books or magazines or the back of the cereal box. It's the…

— Sarah Dessen

“A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.”

— Justin Alcala

That's how it is with books, isn't it: They're not in a hurry. They'll wait for you till you're ready. People empty…

— Charles Bukowski

“Writing allows us to row the mind into new, unanticipated directions, change our stream of consciousness, and alter our very being.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

The library was a little old shaby place. Francie thought it was beautiful. The feeling she had about it was as good…

— Betty Smith

“Reading your work out loud to yourself it's good. It helps even more if you read to people. If they start yawning…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

I try to write a lot and my process is kind of back and forth. I procrastinate a lot so when I…

— Courtney Barnett

Please follow the counsel you have been given in the past and maintain your personal journals. Those who keep a book of…

— Spencer W. Kimball

“Literature tried to open the universe, to increase, even if only slightly the sum total of what it was possible for human…

— Salmon Rushdie

“The study's small ventilation window bumped open, and Vin squeezed through, pulling in a puff of mist behind her. She closed the…

— Brandon Sanderson

“A well-written article does not make what was written factual or something to subscribe to. Fiction does not become fact because it…

— Loren Weisman

Every time I start a new novel, it seems like an impossible undertaking. If I tried to do too much too quickly,…

— Louis Sachar

Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.

— John Updike

What kind of life can you have in a house without books?

— Sherman Alexie

Carmiel Banasky, a writer like no other, is a talent to watch.

— Claire Messud

Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written.

— Peter Singer

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world.

— Mattie Stepanek

Ultimately why I do what I do is to allow the story to affect change in people in some way.

— Da'Vine Joy Randolph

I'm a writer, so whatever gymnastics jump through my head, I write about it.

— Earl King

The writer can't stop her unconscious from showing up, that's certain.

— Simone de Beauvoir

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was.

— Jim Harrison

“As for writing, that's a cruel hard business. Unless you're very lucky it'll break your heart.”

— Edward Abbey

Write the best story that you can and write it as straight as you can.

— Ernest Hemingway

I was an omnivore at reading, so that everything I ever read contributed.

— Jack Vance

You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy.

— Harlan Ellison

A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

— Jane Austen

I write books to influence people I will never meet. Books increase my audience and my message.

— Les Parrott

“Reading is a way to quench your thirst for knowledge.”

— Anonymous