When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing. — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
I write linearly without knowing the full story. I discover it as I write it. — Gautham Menon Copy Share Image
Writing is the greatest thing that can happen to a human being. It's the best. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I got scared away from the whole writing and producing thing, because of how really, truly difficult this was. — David Krumholtz Copy Share Image
I hate picking favourite books. I usually tend to stay away from all the 'top record' and 'favourite song' and 'favourite book',… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
Stop being self-conscious when you write. You are the expert about the world you are creating, no one else. So be bold… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Basically, I wake up, take care of my son for a little while, and then like, "I am gonna write!" And then… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad… — Barry Mann Copy Share Image
“A library's ideal function is to be a little bit like a bouquiniste's stall, a place for trouvailles .” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
It's always been colossally important to me that my books should be well received in India. It's where I come from. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The whole movement of an essay is propelled by a fundamentally human impulse to want to figure things out. — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
It’s Fitzgerald’s thin-but-durable urge to affirm that finally makes Gatsby worthy of being our Great American Novel. Its soaring conclusion tells us… — Maureen Corrigan Copy Share Image
“Well, it would be helpful to not have to go through all of these in Braille," the man said. "I'm looking for… — Aubrey Rose Copy Share Image
“Think of it: a writer actually possesses the power to alter his past, to change what was once experienced as defeat into… — Franz Wright Copy Share Image
Why do you write?' Because I love words and stories so much. Because I would be grief stricken every day of my… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Creating one single story often requires experimenting and planning and falling on your literary rear more than once before you find the… — Nancy Lam Copy Share Image
My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical sketch, if you will, looking back… — Montel Williams Copy Share Image
“If you are in difficulties with a book,” suggested H. G. Wells, “try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
I have the longing that all writers have for new ears to pour my words into. — Alasdair MacLean Copy Share Image
There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“A true writer does not seek wealth or fame does seek to find himself in each of his readers souls.” — Julia Joanne Black Copy Share Image
As a writer, I'm mostly at my desk, staring out my window. No one sees me. — Christine Leunens Copy Share Image
I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since. — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
There is nothing like writing to force you to think and get your thoughts straight. — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
“If u only read the books that everyone's reading, you can think what everyone else is thinking.” — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine.” — Chriscinthia Blount Copy Share Image
The best kind of book," said Barnaby, "is a magic book." "Naturally," said John. — Edward Eager Copy Share Image
Literature is the most noble of professions. In fact, it is about the only one fit for a man. — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
Anything you read can influence your work, so I try to read good stuff. — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
