Rewriting to me means, if I work on it for three days, I've rewritten it. — Jules Shear Copy Share Image
“I am not in control of how my characters live their lives, only in writing it down.” — A.H. Browne Copy Share Image
In my subconscious, my books were part of a single emotional journey. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Spending time with a book is much more than just learning to read. — Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall Copy Share Image
I am an avid reader! As for writing, I might - someday. But we'll have to wait and see. — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“Yes, after every book is finished I decide it is the last one, and then I get an idea in my head… — Patricia Robins Copy Share Image
How do you solve a mystery? How do you write a book? The techniques for starting both are surprisingly similar. Find an… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
If I am going to write a book, which I have done, I think we have to get it right - whatever… — Sven-Goran Eriksson Copy Share Image
So March: Book One was the first book I ever wrote. And it was the most terrifying process I've ever been through. — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It… — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
“If you want to write books to get famous, the books will suck.Write books to tell the story you want to tell… — Lori Lesko Copy Share Image
“The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
The image that fiction presents is purged of the distractions, confusions and accidents of ordinary life. — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Novels are completed when they are finished, but the memoir changes its own conclusion by virtue of being written... I was not… — Nuala O'Faolain Copy Share Image
In the long run, the quality of your work is all that matters. That is your only resumé. Be professional. Make sure… — Mark Waid Copy Share Image
Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on. The teacher, in short, can use reading… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
“Narrative nonfiction is an act of conception and construction; it is formation of a personal legend from the mist of memory using… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
To have been able to write the books I wanted to write, on demanding subjects like war and the history of psychiatry,… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
“You can be anything in Pittsburgh, a stripper, a writer, a student, a bartender, or something else, or everything else, all of… — Dave Newman Copy Share Image
The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time.… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
To some degree, I consider myself a writer, and so I have a strong relationship with literature. — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
“Our library isn't very extensive, but every book in it is a friend.” — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma. — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
Thinking is a great joy for a good writer and a great torture for the bad one! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
“The important thing for any writer to remember is to take the writing seriously, but not the writer.” — A.E. Poynor Copy Share Image
“a light that made me think of long hours in dusty libraries, and old books, and silence.” — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
The hoes is librarians, they lookin me up. She got a Jones like Marion, she lickin me up. — J Cole Copy Share Image
A lot of books are sold and given away as presents. But who actually reads and enjoy reading? — John Gimlette Copy Share Image
Dedicated to helping you create strong, vibrant, and beautiful fiction — David Farland Copy Share Image
