I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet. — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
Reading is a conversation. All books talk. But a good book listens as well. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in… — Richard Harding Davis Copy Share Image
“In my 8th decade of life, it appears as though my reading list resembles a random walk.” — Lotus Landry Copy Share Image
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I think that in order to write really well and convincingly, one must be somewhat poisoned by emotion. — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
“I suggest that you become a writer to reduce the cumbersomeness of talking to many people individually, but with books you can… — Nicholas Hawkins Copy Share Image
I like best to have one book in my hand, and a stack of others on the floor beside me, so as… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Writers cannot let themselves be servants of the official mythology. They have to, whatever the cost, say what truth they have to… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“She hadn't met Earth or Fire, the other two cousins, but she'd filled a couple of library requests for each of them… — Anne Bishop Copy Share Image
It's important to read because it's really good for your vocabulary. It's really good for your imagination. I enjoy reading because I… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
I would love to see writing taught online because at university like Yale, there are not enough teachers who are able to… — David Gelernter Copy Share Image
I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world… — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work. — James Purdy Copy Share Image
I think many writers write because it's a convenient way to explain themselves to themselves. We take the chaos and the turmoil… — Armistead Maupin Copy Share Image
“Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul.… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“What you want is practice, practice, practice. It doesn’t matter what we write … so long as we write continually as well… — Patricia Goodson Copy Share Image
“At the start, we tried to be calm and objective, but that soon fell away, and the purpose of the speakers was… — Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Copy Share Image
My advice to anyone with writerly ambitions and a demanding day job is to set aside a little piece of time, even… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
“The best thing about being a writer is the ability to live vicariously through your own imagination, with no boundaries as to… — Dawn Goodwin Copy Share Image
Amy, Dan, and Nellie were sitting at a table in a conference room, examining reproductions of Franklin documents-some so rare, the librarians… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I just write all the time. In my whole life I've never had what I've heard people talk about writer's block. I've… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
