“Writers by nature are subversive, observant, and discerning, and their voice contains that.” — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
“She jumped off my bed and shoved my stack of books over; thousands of words crashed onto the floor.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Happiness for me is getting to write about the most important things I know. — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure.” — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
A writer will not keep quiet. He will express his opinion through writings. — Gulzar Copy Share Image
“Maybe… they are stocking high schools across the country with hot young librarians as part of a massive literacy initiative.” — Michelle Knudsen Copy Share Image
In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
If you're young enough, any kind of writing you do for a short period of time is a marvelous apprenticeship. — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
I am a novelist. I traffic in subtleties, and my goal in writing a novel is to leave the reader not knowing… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read… — Chet Williamson Copy Share Image
Why does a literary scholar study the world of "fiction"? To show us that the facts can never be understood except in… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
My childhood library was small enough not to be intimidating. And yet I felt the whole world was contained in those two… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
I am only one-eighth the writer I might have been had I contained all the fragmented languages of Trinidad. — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
The act of writing can be a form of release - a confession performs the same action: putting your inner life on… — Connie Nielsen Copy Share Image
Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing,… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I write because I am alone and move through the world alone. No one will know what has passed through me... I… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
When you find a chillness upon your souls, and that your former heat begins to abate, ply yourselves with warm clothes, get… — Thomas Watson Copy Share Image
“An author is similar to an actor. They play many characters in their lives—photographer, nurse, dancer, doctor, writer, etc. As an author,… — Mischa Temaul Copy Share Image
Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos (no less) and we can accomplish this only by the most vigilant… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
I'm not a structured writer. I have the carpet-laying theory which is you put it out there until there is a lump… — Bruce Joel Rubin Copy Share Image
Attention spans are changing. It's very noticeable. I am very aware that the kind of books I read in my childhood kids… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
In my writing I'm trying to explore the violations people commit upon each other. — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people. — Philip Guedalla Copy Share Image
It does not matter how many books you have, but how good the books are which you have. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Everyone has a certain amount of bad writing to get out of their system. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. – Chinese proverb” — shared by my mom Hazel Lock Copy Share Image
Books should make somebody look at how they feel, be honest with themselves. — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
I can't consciously explain how people feel after reading my books. All is too personal. — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I think that children who read are better writers, and children who tell stories appreciate books. — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications. — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
Every time I fall in love with a book, I just feel grateful and thrilled to have it in my life. — Glen Hirshberg Copy Share Image
“For dramatic variation, write a sentence with subject and verb near the end.” — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
