I write based on powerful inner impulses, and those seem to shift over time. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
“I met a man at a party. He said "I'm writing a novel" I said "Oh really? Neither am I.” — Peter Cook Copy Share Image
Fiction came quite a while later. I began with short stories and fiction for children. — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
“She was the sexy librarian unpinning her hair and taking off her glasses for him.” — Lauren Blakely Copy Share Image
I would say [I love] writing, because lately I've been finishing my book. — Lily Collins Copy Share Image
I think the biggest thing, where my passionate-ness comes from, is that I love reading, and it is something that I really… — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
“A great book increases my heartbeat as if I’m prey, melts my insides in anticipation of a first kiss, immerses me in… — Carmen DeSousa Copy Share Image
“Reading about the response of people in stories, plays, poems, helps us to respond more courageously and openly at our own moments… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year is a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I'm a better writer now because I've worked very hard at getting better. My long-range goal will always be to write better… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
“Those without a roof over their heads could escape with Wolfe, Kafka, or Robert Louis Stevenson and have shelter from the heat… — Richard LeMieux Copy Share Image
If you are having trouble with a story, it may not be an issue with the quality of the writing - there… — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
I started writing 'Normal People' not knowing that anyone would read it, not knowing that anyone would read the first book, so… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
For me, writing in public is actually super energizing and so much fun. Especially when writing can typically be really painful and… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
I guess what I'm trying to say is that writing is mysterious; you don't ever truly know where it is coming from,… — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
“There is only one way: Go within. Search for the cause, find the impetus that bids you write. Put it to this… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
The moment your kid's born you realize no one knows anything. No one goes to classes. You just have a kid. You… — Hugh Jackman Copy Share Image
“Where is the writer,” he began, “who is unstained by any habits of the human, who is the ideal of everything alien… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
To observe the world carefully, to write a lot and often, on a schedule if necessary, to use the dictionary a lot,… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
“There is a point at which honesty becomes mischief. That's when your writing becomes irresistible.” — Daphne Athas Copy Share Image
The short story packs a self in a few pages predicating a lifetime — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“I increasingly feel that my writing creates me...I am the invention of my own words~ ” — Ledo Ivo Copy Share Image
As the years went by I became a writer and illustrator, although exclusively of fantasies. — Chris Van Allsburg Copy Share Image
Writing is such a powerful tool. I believe everyone should be writing. — Firoozeh Dumas Copy Share Image
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. — Jules Renard Copy Share Image
I began to write short pieces when I was living in a room too small to write a novel in. — Angela Cartwright Copy Share Image
Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013's Top Thriller! — Carolyn Hart Copy Share Image
“Living on our planet requires a lot of imagination. Reading fosters it.” — V.R. Duin Copy Share Image
Three factors need to write: Inspiration, Motivation and Emotion. Let it flow from your soul and heart! — Adrian Evans Copy Share Image
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