As authors, we know that it is very difficult to unleash one's creativity. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
“Once you read a classic, you will start loving even the smell of the books.” — Aman Jassal Copy Share Image
Publishers are private businesspeople who must reach their economic goals independently. — Mathias Dopfner Copy Share Image
“Writing is like having a lover. Sometimes it's wonderful and sometimes it's a pain in the neck.” — Rick Springfield Copy Share Image
After putting the kids to bed, I would think about what I wanted to write. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
There's nothing more powerful to a showrunner than a truly invested writer. — Vince Gilligan Copy Share Image
“I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes...put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack” — Nina Jean Slack Copy Share Image
my life has been saved over and over again by picking up a book in which someone captured the whole experience of… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I never anticipated that I would be writing a book and never anticipated that people would want to read it and it'd… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
“An Authorpreneur focuses on establishing one's brand to the consumer using different avenues to promote their work.” — Geraldine Solon Copy Share Image
“I prefer physical books to eBooks, because an eBook can’t be the solution to a wobbly chair like a real book can.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
On every new project, I try to write in a different way and see if there's a new side of myself I… — Ludovico Einaudi Copy Share Image
“They were old, their covers cracked and their bindings frayed, but as far as Gwendolyn was concerned that only made the words… — Teresa Medeiros Copy Share Image
I first read 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' when I was a kid. And I think it was read to… — Will Poulter Copy Share Image
You see? Characters in books do not read books. Oh, they snap them shut when somebody enters a room, or fling them… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
When I need the idea, I can find it immediately. I have a horror of rewriting or deleting; the parts of my… — Ruggero Leoncavallo Copy Share Image
As a digital creator, there's been so much pressure to write a book because so many of my peers have done it.… — Lilly Singh Copy Share Image
“Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don’t worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The life of a writer is absolute hell compared with the life of a businessman. The writer has to force himself to… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
What you want is practice, practice, practice. It doesn’t matter what we write (at least this is my view) at our age,… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I Need a Good Book I need a good story. I need a good book. The kind that explodes Off the shelf.… — John Lithgow Copy Share Image
You always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
She sounds like someone who spends a lot of time in libraries, which are the best sorts of people. — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“because we all know that the books we’ve loved best are seldom the ones we esteem the most highly” — Laura Miller Copy Share Image
In bookstores, my stuff is usually filed in the out-of-the-way, additional interest sections. — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
You write about what you know, and you write about what you want to know. — Joyce Maynard Copy Share Image
There's nothing quite like a quiet corner in a coffee shop to gather your thoughts and begin writing. — Gautham Menon Copy Share Image
“Non fiction? Non fiction?! Listen, reality is what got me into this mess in the first place.” — Justin Alcala Copy Share Image
Rewriting is the essence of writing well - where the game is won or lost. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
Most writers, most books, you have no idea whether it was a dollar or a million dollars. — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
Go ahead, and fear not. You will have a full library at your service. — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
Sometimes, my reading choices are defined by the place I'm travelling next. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
There is no past, as long as books shall live. Books make the past our heritage and our home. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Alice Munro can move characters through time in a way that no other writer can. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
