Writer Quotes · Page 369

Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have.

— Charles Bartlett Johnson

I’m waiting for the day when Rush Limbaugh’s pharmacist writes a book.

— Carl Hiaasen

“The most difficult thing about writing; is writing the first line.”

— Amit Kalantri

I finish so many books it's amazing. I'm also doing Rosetta Stone, learning some French.

— Kellan Lutz

“If we know the books located at the bedside, we know much about the man.”

— Douglas L. Callister

Yes, we'll have to put a stop to this bookworming. No future in that.

— Molly Keane

I do like Pat Conroy, and 'The Great Santini' is an iconic book.

— Douglas Brunt

I wouldn't say I was a born writer; I'm a born thinker.

— John Lennon

A writer's life suits me. It's fairly, well, other people might think it was actually rather dull, but that's fine because I…

— Ronald Frame

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without…

— Boris Becker

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last…

— Jessica Zafra

“Writing is a wonderful voyage of discovery. So sit down and write, and see where your mind can take you...”

— Sarah Jane Avory

“Reading a book is a dangerous thing, Justine. A book can make you find room in yourself for something you never thought…

— Glen Duncan

I never, ever decided that I had to write a novel because, to me, there's no such decision that ought to be…

— Arundhati Roy

“Just forget the world and its naysayers. Close the door and write. Let them talk while you're building your future.”

— Ksenia Anske

“As a general rule, I surmise that most fictional stories are populated by misfits, changelings, and oddities, which is what makes the…

— Todd Crawshaw

The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day…

— Naomi Novik

“If you want to write, practice writing. Practice it for hours a day, not to come up with a story you can…

— Ann Patchett

Sometimes you start flowing and shits starts adding on to whatever cipher you're dealing with. Meanwhile you got all of these thoughts…

— Rakim

If it is noticed that much of my outside work concerns itelf with libraries, there is an extremely good reason for this.…

— Irving Stone

In prose fiction the freedom to work honestly exists, although you may have to fight for it. In those other areas of…

— James Kelman

“My dear boy, a piece of advice. Read not so many books, and look a little more upon the Peggies. The little…

— Victor Hugo

“I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices, after all the…

— Virginia Woolf

If I had to write a rough draft, all the way through and then go back and start over, I probably would…

— Dean Koontz

If we expose kids to books and art, nothing but good can come from it.

— Kevin Henkes

I think, basically, what I'm good for is reading - a lot.

— Helen Oyeyemi

“It's not about how much you read, but, how much you work what you read.”

— Unverified

I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories.

— A. B. Yehoshua

“Bibliomancy: "Divination by jolly well Looking It Up.”

— Marilyn Johnson

“Thank God for books, for validating your feelings, and letting you know you’re not alone.”

— Paula Gruben

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

— Scott Turow

Books are fun and your genre can help describe you love who you are and respect the title.

— BBL

Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it.

— John Grisham

I can't sit and twiddle my thumbs. I have to start writing even if it's miserable some days.

— Sarah Dessen

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing.

— Joan Didion

“So you could write what you know. The problem, of course, is that some people don’t know shit.”

— Benjamin Percy

I know how easy it is to be swept away by stories, by things you wish were real.

— Derek Landy

I write mostly for pleasure, and the reading should ideally be for pleasure, too.

— Ruskin Bond

When I write my book, Ill tell the real story of Cheryl

— Louis Walsh

I didn't write a book. It wasn't for self-enrichment.

— Linda Tripp