My entire life has been centered around my writing, and by that I mean finding the time to write. — Jillian Medoff Copy Share Image
For a novelist, it's kind of an onerous burden to represent an entire culture. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Literature, to put it another way, is an unpredictable and endless meme gone wild.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“To ask how I feel about writing is to ask how I feel about breathing.” — Shakirah Bourne Copy Share Image
It's probably true that everyone has a book in them, although it may not be a very good one. — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
The myth that 'old' guys can't write anything fresh is just a myth. — Steve Lukather Copy Share Image
Though The Kite Runner was my first completed novel, I had been writing on and off for most of my life, primarily… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
If you want to be a good writer, make sure you read. I'm amazed by how many people don't bother to do… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from the vapors, is enslaved by his gonads,… — George V Higgins Copy Share Image
When you are writing a memoir, you have the advantage of knowing how it all ends. It's just taking your life apart… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page,… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
Like every writer, I am asked where my work originates, and if I knew I would go there more often to find… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
When a good friend gives you his or her book, you don't want to read it, because you're afraid that it's not… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Books are a better investment in our future than bullets. Books, not bullets, will pave the path towards peace and prosperity. — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
I don't consciously watch and file lived moments for my work. I have a couple of writer friends who do that and… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
She surrounded herself with books at work and at home. Her living space was a testament to her first and abiding love… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I like to tell untold true stories, or the lesser-known aspects of larger, familiar stories. I think people or topics that are… — Nancy Kates Copy Share Image
“He does manage the bookstore, which is currently my favorite place on earth." Her eyes glazed over. "All those books. If I… — Heather Blake Copy Share Image
“A man should begin with his own times. He should become acquainted first of all with the world in which he is… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Our great function is to inform or to inspire, or to please; to give to the public in the quickest and cheapest… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“work only during the week, and even then I often find excuses not to sit down and bang out the words. I… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Every book is a new journey. I never felt I was an expert on a subject as I embarked on a project. — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“When I was a poor kid in Maine, my collection of used paperbacks was like a pile of cheap vacations.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me. — Melvin Van Peebles Copy Share Image
A writer can have only one language, if language is going to mean anything to him. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Life goes on, it's just another page in the book of life. Flip the page and look towards a new you. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm laying down my new audio book. No writing, just spoken words, the old fashioned way. — Danny Mcbride Copy Share Image
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it three minutes; to collect the data in it all my life. — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
A book is like a door. You walk through the cover and you don't know what you're going to find. — Emily Rodda Copy Share Image
“Your writing blows , by the by. You split more infinitives than Gene Roddenberry.” — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
If I have a writing problem, the minute I step away, there's a solution. — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
“I started writing to make sense of the world that exists inside my heart” — Judy Croome Copy Share Image
