Three factors need to write: Inspiration, Motivation and Emotion. Let it flow from your soul and heart! — Adrian Evans Copy Share Image
Gripping. Fascinating. Entrancing. The Vesuvius Isotope is 2013's Top Thriller! — Carolyn Hart Copy Share Image
“Living on our planet requires a lot of imagination. Reading fosters it.” — V.R. Duin Copy Share Image
When writing the story of your life, don't let someone else hold the pen. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I want all my books to provoke some kind of response in the reader, to make them think something or feel something… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
The fact people think that when you sell a lot of books you are not a serious writer is a great insult… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
I write 'by the seat of my pants.' I love to do research. I am inspired by contemporary writers and contemporary events.… — Iris Johansen Copy Share Image
One is always changing. I don't want to write the same book and I couldn't, because I'm a different person. — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
As a writer, I am constantly aware that I take my life in my hands with everything I do and say. It's… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Everything you need for better future and success has already been written. And guess what? All you have to do is go… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
Writing is not about making a buck, not about publishers and agents. Writing is not about feeling good. Writing is about pain,… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
Usually, you don't know where a book comes from ... it's just there, some kind of an itch that you can't quite scratch. — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
You can never read your own book with the innocent anticipation that comes with that first delicious page of a new book,… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When I write, I fall into the zone many writers, painters, musicians, athletes, and craftsmen of all sorts seem to share: In… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
To my thinking, a great librarian must have a clear head, a strong hand, and, above all, a great heart. And when… — Melvil Dewey Copy Share Image
Everyone has a bookplate these days, and the collectors are after it. The fool and his bookplate are soon parted. To distribute… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
“Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I took the first James Kelman novel, 'The Bus Conductor Hines', home to my dad. I thought, 'My dad will like this;… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I see now that dismissing YA books because you're not a young adult is a little bit like refusing to watch thrillers… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
“The books became more than just something to read; they became esoteric possessions, present on the wall because I liked the look… — J.W. Ironmonger Copy Share Image
Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent. — Peter Carey Copy Share Image
Your mind burns a lot of calories. Writing can feel like a physical workout. — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Find what causes a commotion in your heart. Find a way to write about that — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Every time I finish a book, I feel like Ive lost a part of me and just sit there feeling empty. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
I am happy to keep working on books because I'm always reading, and I'm always trying to fall in love. — Nina Jacobson Copy Share Image
I always said I never wanted to write about love, but then I went and did that anyway. — Amy Winehouse Copy Share Image
“Even when I’m writing about shape shifters and magical lands, I’m looking into my own heart.” — Kay Kenyon Copy Share Image
I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
It is very well to be able to write a book, but can you waggle your ears? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I wished I could be alone in my room, with my books, away from these people. — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
For me, it's just always about trying to tell stories that I care about. — Rachel Morrison Copy Share Image
