“Nothing in my life ever happened that was as important to me as learning to read.” — Bobbie Louise Hawkins Copy Share Image
Writing my memoir and recalling and recollecting has been wonderfully enriching. — Deepti Naval Copy Share Image
I read more books than you can imagine on all sorts of odd topics, which is something that I love. — Scott Hutchins Copy Share Image
“Some men are born to be good some born to be bad As for me I only came with just a pen… — Carlos Salinas Copy Share Image
I tend to write one character at a time. But I don't write the entirety of one character at a time. — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
The great thing about writing compared to life is getting to tie things up. — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
A person who publishes a book appears willfully in public eye with his pants down. — Edna St. Vincent Millay Copy Share Image
As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of view. — Stewart O'Nan Copy Share Image
“...an irresistible of why we read and why we love. We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Books are faithful repositories, which may be awhile neglected or forgotten, but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Usually I try to be there by six. Everything has been taken off the walls so that there's nothing to arrest my… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
My little book of stories, 'Souls in the Twiligh,' may have to stand in for all the other things I have wanted… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
There are books of the same chemical composition as dynamite. The only difference is that a piece of dynamite explodes once, whereas… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
I think of myself in the oral tradition-as a troubadour, a village tale-teller, the man in the shadows of the campfire. That's… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“Power in praise or mountain that move is a nice book bec not only reading it after you read when you put… — Merlin Carothers Copy Share Image
“ Journal Writing Keeping a journal is an extremely valuable practice. Right now, your mind may be racing with anxious thoughts and… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
I was a bit of a delinquent growing up, a very poor student - I nearly failed several grades before dropping out… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
The whole relationship between a writer's spiritual/emotional condition and the kind of wordstuff and form-making that's going on in his work is… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
Reading is the gateway to so many things that helps makes it possible for seven billion people to live together on one… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
No one stopped me from playing when I was alone, but there were times when I wasn't able to, though I wanted… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
In the dark, with the windows lit and the rows of books glittering, the library is a closed space, a universe of… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroic creations - 'Druss the axeman,' 'the… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
The moment of writing is not an escape...it is only an insistence, through the imagination, upon human ecstasy, and a reminder that… — Larry Levis Copy Share Image
I am never as clear about any matter as when I have finished writing about it. — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone. — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow. — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
A literary journal is intended to connect writer with reader; the role of the editor is to mediate. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Write the book the way it should be written, then give it to somebody to put in the commas and shit.” — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“Writing is not just a process of creation. It is also a process of self-discovery” — Cristina Istrati Copy Share Image
“Some good shit happens fast (a bestselling book), and some good shit happens slow (love).” — Caroline Kepnes Copy Share Image
Some of my friends are giving me law books. I love reading those. It's like my relaxation. — Charice Pempengco Copy Share Image
Yes, writing is not easy. But can any writer imagine NOT writing? — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
“Some men borrow books; some men steal books; and others beg presentation copies from the author.” — James Jeffrey Roche Copy Share Image
“The sign of a good book is that it entertains you. The sign of a great book is that it changes you.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
