“You have to write about yourself before you can write about anything else.” — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
“Someone said, 'It's all been done before.' Yes, I agreed, but we all have to say it in our own voice.” — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
I honestly believe there is absolutely nothing like going to bed with a good #book; or a friend who's #read one. — Phyllis Diller Copy Share Image
I do think that books, good books, free you. They make you feel a citizen of the world and things like class,… — Sue Townsend Copy Share Image
My love of books - not just of their tactile pleasures but of their astonishing variety - was born in a book-filled… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
It's like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that's what I like about books like that [He Stopped… — Scott McClanahan Copy Share Image
“I have no luddite prejudice against new technology; it's just that books look as if they contain knowledge, while e-readers look as… — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“Children ask me sometimes what book I'd take to a desert island, but I think I couldn't go to a desert island… — Mary Stolz Copy Share Image
“Capote's rejoinder to Kerouac's assertion that he never needed to edit his work…"But, that's not writing . That's typing.” — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Only because books are better than people, Father. ... Because they are masters who instruct without a rod. If you approach them,… — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
I was incredibly lucky that my first book found a large and loyal readership. It changed my life - from being a… — Daniel Tammet Copy Share Image
Reading is a stout-hearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. It is also, in my experience, one of the most thrilling and enduring… — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
TV showrunners have become known entities to people who watch television in the way that movie directors have been known to filmgoers… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
When I was kid, they always used to tell me to keep notebooks. I look at my shelves now and it's just… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“I never knew why or how writing could be so important until I learned about the no-talking rule and found that writing… — Karol Jackowski Copy Share Image
Books change us. Books save us. I know this because it happened to me. Books saved me. So, I do believe through… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
“My imagination lives and breathes between the pages" – Jaime Guerard, author of The Awaken Series” — Jaime Guerard Copy Share Image
I can't remember the last book that taught me so much, and so well, about what it means to be human. — James Gleick Copy Share Image
“Mirrors only show us what we are. Books show us what we can be.” — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
I did try to write fiction. I wrote 10 novels. And they were all just awful. — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
Books are in a constant battle for attention in a very crowded media scape. — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
They hunt you. It's terrible... They never think about how the person feels about what they write. — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
“Americans need to develop a “habit of mind” that includes reading books.” — David Souter Copy Share Image
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The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
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