Writer Quotes · Page 582

I occasionally experience the discomfort of people assuming my work is autobiographical.

— Jonathan Tropper

I like to write to decompress - that's very satisfying to me.

— Alisyn Camerota

A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.

— Moses ibn Ezra

Thus, the standard library will serve as both a tool and as a teacher.

— Bjarne Stroustrup

“Never has a book been more relevant to current American history.”

— Erika Celeste

“The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are imaginary.”

— Franklin P. Adams

Your life is a book and when Someone leaves its only the end of a chapter not the end of your story.

— Anonymous

There is no book so bad...that it does not have something good in it.

— Anonymous

Sometimes I wonder why I'm a novelist right now. There is no definite career reason why I became a writer. Something happened,…

— Haruki Murakami

“The cover of a book is akin to the door of a home; if it is welcoming and enticing, it beckons you…

— Anonymous

I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just…

— James Bay

“Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am…

— The Mummy

“Why waste the space on a stack of half-read books and periodicals, when you could turn your nightstand into a tactical toolbox?”

— Clint Emerson

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a…

— John Steinbeck

“I want to read every book that’s written hear every song that was sung I want to gaze at every cloud and…

— Sanober Khan

“With a book, she could at least visit with people, even if it was vicariously, even if they didn't exist beyond someone's…

— Lorraine Heath

Perhaps if there is anything remotely interesting about my writing style, it is this: more often than not I have no idea…

— Vandana Singh

They will be given as gifts; books that are especially pretty or visual will be bought as hard copies; books that are…

— Susan Orlean

I'm not a boy-writer, I've never been. I wanted to be a boy-writer when I was young, and I think that held…

— Paul Auster

“These books can’t possibly compete with centuries of established history, especially when that history is endorsed by the ultimate bestseller of all…

— Dan Brown

“I have always wanted to record my daily life and personal thoughts, but I didn’t have the chance because the Priest never…

— Mark Mulle

Question four: What book would you give to every child? Answer: I wouldn't give them a book. Books are part of the…

— Derrick Jensen

“Even though I had a deep conviction that I was good at writing, and that in some way I already was a…

— Elif Batuman

Part of the fun of writing, touring, teaching, is engaging with real people about all of it: what to do now, how…

— Bill Ayers

I write not only what I want to read...I write all the things I should have been able to read.

— Alice Walker

Everything a man writes about himself is instructive.

— John Glassco

“To simply hold a book, to imagine what it might say, would be a comfort.”

— J. R. Moehringer

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.

— Sharyn McCrumb

“Only when a book is written out of passion is there much hope of its being read with passion.”

— Jean Fritz

I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.

— Barbara Hambly

I thought, if ever there were a time to write a book about hope, it's now.

— Studs Terkel

Don't ever let anyone else write your story for you.

— Nick Carter

“Sometimes the dustiest cover hides the best book. Sometimes the best cup is chipped.”

— Anonymous

Because I'm a writer, I'm really good at being nervous.

— Jeff Giles

“If I want to reach your heart with my writing, I must truthfully reach into my heart while writing.”

— Peter Arpesella

The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral…

— Jorge Luis Borges

“Miss Climpson believed in books that began with “begat.”

— Anonymous

If you only write when inspired, you may be a fairly decent poet, but you'll never be a novelist.

— Neil Gaiman

I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend.

— Jami Attenberg

Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.

— Patricia Reilly Giff