“The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.” — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Why is autobiography the most popular form of fiction for modern readers? — Jill Ker Conway Copy Share Image
Move On. It's Just A Chapter In the past. But Don't Close the book, JUST THE PAGE — Ronald Dale Fuentebella Copy Share Image
Pivotal to a happy writing life is a practice of daily personal writing. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“the book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. once invented, it cannot be improved” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
When I am writing, I try to do it five hours a day but I spend about two of those just fooling… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
It's hard to imagine anyone accusing Lionel Shriver of being a timid writer. — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
It is language which speaks in literature, in all its swarming 'polysemic' plurality, not the author himself. — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in… — Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Copy Share Image
There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom he likes, and we then take that… — James Laughlin Copy Share Image
Writing is an outlet, but it’s not an outlet of escape. People keep a journal when they want to escape. I write… — Amelia Gray Copy Share Image
“She’s definitely a romance writer. I’ve primed her to be a romance writer, subjecting her to so many romantic dramas it would… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
A book of mine is always a matter of fate. There is something unpredictable about the process of writing, and I cannot… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
The old adage is, 'Write what you know.' But if you only do that, your work becomes claustrophobic. I say, 'Write what… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
It's the hardest thing in the world to dedicate to writing, but if you do that even once a week, after six… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
“I do enjoy writing, and I hope someone gets something interesting out of this book. I already have. Now, If I ever… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
“The art of writing is not unlike the act of screaming. A constant flow of otherworldly emotions with tempos high and hymns… — Rosca Marx Copy Share Image
“A book, to me, is almost sacrosanct: such an individual and private thing. The reader brings his or her own history and… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Librarians, to Melanie, were somewhat on par wit God- who else could be bothered with, and better yet, know the answers to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You have to pretend to live in those clothes that they lived in, to live within the climate that they had then.… — Derek Jacobi Copy Share Image
“Don't you ever get tired of reading?" she asked. "You could hardly be called good company! Don't you know that, with women,… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“There are two kinds of people in the world, those who re-read and those who don’t. No, don’t be silly, there are… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good… — Josh Radnor Copy Share Image
Good books get praised, bad books get praised. Good books get ignored, bad books get ignored — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A writer turns his life into material, and if you’re in his life, he uses yours, too. — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I could never write my memoirs, just because too many people are still alive and would be hurt. — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. — Paula Poundstone Copy Share Image
“It wasn't that I wanted to be a writer; I just didn't want to be stupid.” — David Carr Copy Share Image
I can't write every day. I have to skip a day in between. If I try to do it every day, nothing… — William Sleator Copy Share Image
“A bookstore is one of the only pieces of physical evidence we have that people are still thinking.” — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“At the moment, don't buy my books, help the people of Ukraine instead.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
It's always helpful to put things down on paper. That's why I started writing. — Brett Young Copy Share Image
I used to think, 'How can I write my life story? I'm still living it. — Frank Serpico Copy Share Image
I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure. — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I have a lot of respect for people who write a whole book because I've heard it will kill you. — Mary H.K. Choi Copy Share Image
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is the closest thing a male writer will ever get to the experience of childbirth.” — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
