I hate to look at the stuff I've written and consider what it means or why I do it. — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
I made a decision to write for my readers, not to try to find more readers for my writing. — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.” — Robynn Tolbert Copy Share Image
A writer should never install himself before a panorama, however grandiose it may be. — Blaise Cendrars Copy Share Image
In a writer there must always be two people - the writer and the critic. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Books make great gifts because they expand your horizons and keep you cooking. — Emeril Lagasse Copy Share Image
He asked Rosemary, why do you love books so much? And I said, Well, I don't know I suppose I love them… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“He who would be a writer, fine, Must take a deal of pains, Must criticize his every line, And mix his ink… — Platt Rogers Spencer Copy Share Image
“Every writer in the history of the world has been afraid to put words on the page. But we only remember those… — M. Kirin Copy Share Image
“I am addicted to reading, I will never reach the end of my TBR list because it multiplies all by itself. It… — Lani Copy Share Image
“Consciously or unconsciously, the reader is dissatisfied with being told only what is not; the reader wishes to be told what is...… — William Strunk, Jr Copy Share Image
You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so… — Elle Macpherson Copy Share Image
I love inscriptions on flyleaves and notes in margins, I like the comradely sense of turning pages someone else turned, and reading… — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was so little so it just feels like a natural response to any situation emotionally for me… — Gracie Abrams Copy Share Image
Any good story can galvanize a person, make him/her think about things a different way, reassess their own motives and needs, but… — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
My chief time for reading is at night while brushing my hair before I go to bed, and as you may suppose,… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
“326. Excessive reading does not make us smarter. Some people simply "devour" books. They do it without the necessary intervals of thought,… — Alija Ali Izetbegovic Copy Share Image
“The righteous will possess the earth, and they will live forever on it." PSALM 37:29. ~Stop being envious no one can make… — Ray Rage Patino Copy Share Image
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Some junk novels were all about airports. Some junk novels were even called things like Airport. Why, then you might ask, was… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
There's no "magic secret"; writing is like everything else; ten percent inspiration or talent, and ninety percent hard work. Persistence; keeping at… — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
“The most influential books are the ones we read when we are most malleable” — S.E. SEVER Copy Share Image
The key thing about a book is that you lose yourself in the author's world. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
I believe that every writer evolves with every successive novel. I view myself as work-in-progress. — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Books can now be on the stands within days from delivery of a formatted manuscript, and often are. — Bruce Jackson Copy Share Image
“On the contrary I am not a poet, I am just a writer who happens to write poetry.” — Kenneth G. Ortiz Copy Share Image
I'm a storyteller. If I have that on my precis when I go, 'Storyteller,' I'm satisfied with that. — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
I'm impossible when a book is taking shape. Well, actually, I'm despicable. — Lloyd Alexander Copy Share Image
Most new books drop immediately into the oblivion they so richly deserve. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“I don't know why everybody doesn't write because everybody talks.” — Beryl Bainbridge Copy Share Image
“Books are enchanted. Books help me travel. Books help me breathe.” — Margarita Engle Copy Share Image
If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads. — Francois Mauriac Copy Share Image
Sometimes my readers ask me what else they should read, and I recommend Sebald. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
