There are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“(...)books, pocket-size jewels, open up like doors to worlds you never knew existed.” — Antonio D'alfonso Copy Share Image
To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading. — Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper Copy Share Image
When I write I know that I'm going to have to produce 40 percent more than I need. — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
“A book is not a battle, nor is it a conquest. A book is a story, and telling it should be an… — Rachel Aaron Copy Share Image
“Literature "has always been the last refuge, in this world, for those who do not know where to lay their dreaming heads.” — Romaine Gary Copy Share Image
I've only written stand-up and sketch before, so writing something long-form on my own is proving quite difficult. But I'm enjoying it… — Diane Morgan Copy Share Image
“Reading is the life-saving water for our minds. Drink pure words as much as you need and remain alive!” — Munia Khan Copy Share Image
The money can be decent, but I really don't recommend the work-for-hire route as an entry into publishing. Too many things can… — Lynn Abbey Copy Share Image
“Empathy, the way that we can place ourselves, imaginatively, in the position of another person, is at the heart of what we… — Brenda Walker Copy Share Image
Luckily I haven't fallen into the trap, which has claimed so many writers, of living from day to day thinking 'Ah, I'll… — Amelie Nothomb Copy Share Image
“Wait, that’s your idea? That’s your expert advice? You’re going to tell these novelists to just keep going? You’re going to tell… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
“You're a witness. You're always standing around watching what's happening, scribbling in your book what other people do. You have to get… — Neil Simon Copy Share Image
Memoirs have dominated the literary scene now for ten or 20 or even 30 years: most of them seem to use the… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Non-fiction is a big responsibility. Rationality. Facts. The urgent need to reflect some small aspect of reality. But fiction is a private… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
“Sometimes when one cannot stand the story or novel one is working on, it helps to write something else—a different story or… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“And though creative writing as an intellectual exercise may be pursued with profit by anyone, writing as a profession is not a… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
I tried to get people at 'South Park' into 'Downton Abbey,' and it didn't work. I think they were like, 'Downton Abbey?'… — Bill Hader Copy Share Image
“When his writing is going well, Gordon Strangle Mars likes to wake up at 6 a.m. and go out driving. He works… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
The case I shall find evidence for is that when literature arrives, it expels science. — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
Right now, I have no idea what I will write or if I will write again. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Writing is part intuition and part trial and error, but mostly it's very hard work. — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
Filth is always a sign of weakness - in the mouth of the user and in the mind of the writer. — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible. — Nick Flynn Copy Share Image
“Books and people are alike in one respect: they're both full of thoughts.” — Matthew Lipman Copy Share Image
“Everyone who is 12 and reads a book has a good chance to get 13 or even 70 and read it again” — Burkhard Spinnen Copy Share Image
If it weren't for received ideas, the publishing industry wouldn't have any ideas at all. — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
If I wasn't plagued by needing to write things, that would perhaps be a blessing. — Conor McPherson Copy Share Image
It is hard to write about physically difficult things without causing the reader to disengage. — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer. — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
