I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982. — J. A. Jance Copy Share Image
My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
We, the authors, want people to buy books. That is the only way we can earn - from our royality. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
“Come with me,' Mom says. To the library. Books and summertime go together.” — Lisa Schroeder Copy Share Image
The main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Deliberately or not, every author is of course present in every book he or she writes - even in a scientific text. — Abraham Pais Copy Share Image
“She might ban me from the library." "The marvelous thing about libraries is that their contents can be easily moved.” — Alissa Johnson Copy Share Image
You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
“I am afraid of writing, too, because when I write I am always moving toward the unarticulated, the dangerous, the place where… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Literature - Eastern and Western - abounds with stories, myths, legends about the search for youth, for eternal life. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“Reading takes you on a wonderful journey to places you have probably never been. Sit back and enjoy your journey.” — Marjorie Taylor Copy Share Image
When I write something down it doesn't look funny to me. It's about the environment, it's all in the moment. — John Bishop Copy Share Image
After all, I believe it is the style of thought entirely, and the style of expression, which makes the difference in books. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“And as is often the case, the people who would benefit the most from reading a book like this are the ones… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I’ve never written anything before, but… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
“Groaning, Celaena stood and walked to the bookshelf along the wall, where she began pulling out books and stacking them into the… — Sarah J. Maas Copy Share Image
I know a bit about selling books, and you need a good title - a catchy concoction with a little Cajun spice,… — James Carville Copy Share Image
As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
The cool thing about Kyle Killen, he writes really defined characters. I was a big fan of 'Awake' and also 'Lone Star.'… — Jaime Ray Newman Copy Share Image
The secret to writing is writing. Lots of people I know talk about writing. They will tell me about the book they… — Michael Scott Copy Share Image
“We bring to everything we read the expectations we have built up by a lifetime of reading.” — Richard Marius Copy Share Image
We need to read good books, and for that to happen, we need to share good books. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be/Yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
For me, the glory of my first 25 years as a writer was I could put things off as long as I wanted. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“If I want to write something interesting, I must be interested in what I'm writing.” — Peter Arpesella Copy Share Image
As useful as websites and journals are, there's real value in books, too. — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
“Good books, good friends and a sleepy conscience:this is the ideal life.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I learn the lines that JK Rowling or whoever writes them, and say them. — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
“So I say to you read! Read! Something will stick in the mind, be diligent and good will come of it.” — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
I firmly believe that there is no better thriller writer than Harlan Coben. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
