Writer Quotes · Page 303

Literature in France seems to be undergoing a crisis now, and nothing comes immediately to mind.

— Simone de Beauvoir

I think playing the glamour card is a disastrous error as a literary writer.

— Jennifer Egan

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

— John Boyne

Tea and books - Mmmmmm, two of life's exquisite pleasures that together bring near-bliss.

— Christine Hanrahan

“I am not entirely persuaded that selling a book is like selling a pig.”

— Kathleen A. Flynn

To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.

— Quentin Tarantino

The original writer is not he who refrains from imitating others, but he who can be imitated by none.

— François-René de Chateaubriand

There is no perfect time to write. There is only now.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“I think my mother's and Granny's storytelling had had the same effect upon me when a child, as the reading of books:…

— Mark Mathabane

I want to make money, and I would like to have a lot of money, but I still believe that the only…

— Aleksandar Hemon

The world of scholarship is much more measured in its appreciation and also its criticism than the world of popular literature.

— Deborah Harkness

Do you know a book that you are willing to put under your head for a pillow when you lie dying? Very…

— Joseph Cook

When writing the story of your life don't hesitate taking any serious decisions as it is only one end and it is…

— Mahmoud Emam

I realized early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job. Because there are no pay grades and very little…

— Sara Sheridan

Life is like a book. Some chapters are sad, some are happy, and some are exciting, but if you never turn the…

— Anonymous

“And no matter how much I want to encourage the man or woman trying for the first time to write seriously, I…

— Stephen King

“Books are essential to me. I cannot live without them, because I cannot live without reading. But, Arry has just said to…

— Aidan Chambers

There's something paralyzing about being a writer that you have to escape. I don't want to think of myself as a guy…

— Nicholson Baker

I cannot remember a time when I was not in love with them--with the books themselves, cover and binding and the paper…

— Eudora Welty

“I have always lusted after a sepia-toned library with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and a sliding ladder. I fantasie about Tennessee Williams' types of…

— Amy Mowafi

Children's reading and children's thinking are the rock-bottom base upon which this country will rise. Or not rise. In these days of…

— Anonymous

“The room was a library. Not a public library, but a private library; that is, a collection of books belonging to Justice…

— Lemony Snicket

“a serious contender for my book of year. I can't believe I only discovered Chris Carter a year ago and I now…

— ayaz mallah

“Day dreamers often can become night writers...When young I didn't toy with the concept of a glass half full or half empty.…

— Walter B. Biondi

For I bless God in the libraries of the learned and for all the booksellers in the world.

— Christopher Smart

Yes, books are dangerous. They should be dangerous - they contain ideas.

— Pete Hautman

In my mind, continuity means the best writer at a company is held hostage by the worst.

— Marv Wolfman

Half the fun of writing a novel is finding out from other people later on what you actually meant.

— Iain Banks

Jack Benny really liked my book. I know because he called me up from the library and told me.

— Bob Hope

“Writing is like knowing the beauty you possess inward; the possibilities are endless.”

— Annette Whitaker-Moss

It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check.

— Erle Stanley Gardner

You can't tell a writer they should just be more confident.

— Alice Mattison

You just write one word and that tells you what the next word is going to be.

— Terry Bozzio

Trump is an amazing comedy writer without realizing it.

— Sarah Cooper

The most difficult and complicated part of the writing process is the beginning.

— A. B. Yehoshua

At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.

— Richard Paul Evans

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

— Larry Wall

I try to write the most embarrassing thing I can think of.

— John Wieners

“Writing is a way of remaking the world, both for the writer and reader.”

— Mark Rubinstein

The unspoken factor is love. The reason I can work so hard at my writing is that it's not work for me.

— John Irving