“I love to lose myself in other men's minds. When I am not walking, I am reading.” — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
Young writers should keep out of pubs and remember that the cliche way of the artistic life is a lie. — Patrick Kavanagh Copy Share Image
“A memoir, at its heart, is written in order to figure out who you are.” — Sean Wilsey Copy Share Image
When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Becoming a better writer is going to help you become a better reader, and that is the real payoff.” — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
Why do I love writing? I can be who I want, do what I want, hurt who I want, and make the… — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
Of all literature I studied, the book that did more than any other to fire my enthusiasm was Philosophy and Opinions of… — Kwame Nkrumah Copy Share Image
Write 1000 words a day. That's only about four pages, but force yourself to do it. Put your finger down your throat… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became… — Daniel Goldstein Copy Share Image
When I'm out and about, I'll text or email myself from my phone. A smart phone is a great tool for a… — Steven Hall Copy Share Image
“You're the one who says books have to be heavy because the whole world's inside of them," said Meggie...” — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“I mean I would rather be a librarian but I worry about the job security, books may be temporary dicks are forever.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
If one book's done this well, you want to write another one that does just as well. There's that horror of the… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“I always say that you cannot tell what a picture really is or what an object really is until you dust it… — Gertrude Stein Copy Share Image
Lots of people want to have written; they don't want to write. In other words, they want to see their name on… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
Publishing a book is a great thing, and I'm grateful, but it's also a horrible, exposing thing. Once you've published a book,… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
Ji-li's deeply moving story should be on the shelf of every person's library. Her courage in the face of adversity and her… — Nien Cheng Copy Share Image
“(Mind you, according to Walter Benjamin, the twentieth century’s great philosopher of collecting, browsing and what we’d now call vintage shopping, ‘the… — Simon Reynolds Copy Share Image
Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Human contacts have been so highly valued in the past only because reading was not a common accomplishment… The world, you must… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“Around the tenth time reading some of these books to your kids, you begin to develop some really strong opinions and questions… — Jim Gaffigan Copy Share Image
It is true for me, as for so many countless others, that librarians saved my life, my internal life. — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying. — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Books are precious things and cannot be selected like tinned peas in Tesco.” — Colin Bateman Copy Share Image
I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book. — Rob Machado Copy Share Image
I started as a writer. I had the dumb act, but I made my living from writing. — Jerry Lewis Copy Share Image
Even a day writing badly for me is 10 times better than a day where I don’t write at all. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I want the kids to enjoy reading not only today but for the rest of their lives.” — Ron Clark Copy Share Image
Janet Malcolm's probably the writer I most admire and who's most influenced me. — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
“My writing looks like it’s ten steps behind my mind, and racing to always catch up.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“It's like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from falling apart.” — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
