My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids. — Berkeley Breathed Copy Share Image
The writer must not invent. The legend on the license must read: NONE OF THIS WAS MADE UP. — John Hersey Copy Share Image
If you can get every kid to have found a book that he or she loves, then you've done a great job. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Being a writer but also having been raised the way I was, I tend to turn to books for answers. — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
Since truth is often stranger than fiction, fiction needs to be pretty weird — Erik Meyer Copy Share Image
“Today Mrs. Beasley began by clearing her throat. Again, this isn't a worrisome sign. Librarians are not overly talkative so our throats… — Lynn Austin Copy Share Image
I'm never ashamed to read a book twice or as many times as I want. We never expect to drink a glass… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
When you look at 'Grapes of Wrath,' the weakest moments are those in which Steinbeck is spouting a political idea directly at… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
Funny enough, I don't really recall being read kids' books as a child. I think my truly favorite thing to do was… — Julio Torres Copy Share Image
The thing that was important to me about Hemingway at the time was that Hemingway taught me that you could be a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Definitely. You cannot write about what you do not know, nor can you write for people you do not understand. You’ll need… — Georgia Le Carre Copy Share Image
Literature is the art of discovering something extraordinary about ordinary people, and saying with ordinary words something extraordinary. — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
The experienced writer says to the anguished novice: 'Just do it; get something, anything, on to the screen or page, just establish… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
“Words of wisdom, the meaning of life,perhaps even the answer sought by Borges's librarians—all of these may wash over us every day,… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I think you often have that sense when you write--that if you can spot something in yourself and set it down on… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
Totally captivating. Starhawk has created a magic land to which we can return at will for the kind of exotic romance and… — Elinor Gadon Copy Share Image
I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“I forged more notes and my trips to the library became frequent. Reading grew into a passion. My first serious novel was… — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
I read continually and don't understand writers who say they don't read while working on a book. For a start, a book… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
A book is a friend; a good book is a good friend. It will talk to you when you want it to… — B A Billingsly Copy Share Image
