We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Grab 'em in the first paragraph, hold 'em until the last period and leave them wanting more!” — Bobbi Cole Meyer Copy Share Image
How some of the writers I come across get through their books without dying of boredom is beyond me. — William Gaddis Copy Share Image
“Can I possibly be a good writer if I'm not healed form the story I'm telling? Will I be able to go… — Lori Lesko Copy Share Image
I think that the celebrity memoir as a genre is looked upon as a lesser form. One of my missions as a… — Hilary Liftin Copy Share Image
As always, a lot of bad books will be published. Some good books will be published, and you have to seek them… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Writing is thinking on paper. Anyone who thinks clearly should be able to write clearly-about any subject at all. — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
This is the biggest trick of the sort of thing I write: creating fun, powerful stories with tons of interesting stuff going… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
A writer, or any artist, can’t expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work - because… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I give people 'If You Came Softly' when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
...and best of all, the wilderness of books, in which she could wander, where she liked, made the library a region of… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
We get a lot of unsolicited manuscripts here. Im not even a publisher, but we get several a week. I dont read… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
“I don’t have bionic arms, and I have absolutely no stamina. Once I rubbed out the penciled-in marginalia of a hundred pages… — Scarlett Thomas Copy Share Image
The novel is a big space, and a lot can happen. Just think about the parts of your life. How do we… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book, generally I start with the mood and setting, along with a couple of specific imagesthings that have… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
“But what were even gold and silver, precious stones and clockwork, to the bookshops, whence a pleasant smell of paper freshly pressed… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
A lot of times it's the child that sees something and not the grownup. I love that because, when readers get older,… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
“I believe that today more than ever a book should be sought after even if it has only one great page in… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve,… — Sidney Sheldon Copy Share Image
Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he has lost a child — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“We are made whole By books, as by great spaces and the stars” — Mary Carolyn Davies Copy Share Image
Being rich would be disastrous for me as a writer. I have always needed to write to pay the bills. — Simon Beaufoy Copy Share Image
“This is why I like real librarians. They're search engines with a heart" -Miguel” — Chris Grabenstein Copy Share Image
If you're a writer, you want to get your soul out there, where people can look at it. — Jeremy Larner Copy Share Image
You just don't know writers. They'll use anything, anybody. They'll eat their young. — Dennis Potter Copy Share Image
You have to write about what's inside you. If I have to get something out, I'll do it. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
“I write novellas, short books, whatever. I set out to write a good story not write a dictionary.” — Jason E. Hodges Copy Share Image
I write by ear. I tried writing with the typewriter, but I found it too unwieldy — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims. — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
Writing is so hard. And then, sometimes, it is so bewilderingly easy. — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
I Love the smell of neW booKs sO mucH that... I intend tO keeP it as new till a daY beforE the… — Unknow Copy Share Image
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