“Life is like a book. You read one page at a time, and hope for a good ending.” — J.B. Taylor Copy Share Image
I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed. — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
I'm a decent writer, barely a decent guitar player, and a terrible singer. — Bobby Bones Copy Share Image
Usually if a scene's really hard to write, I just don't write it. Nothing's coming to mind. — Danny Strong Copy Share Image
What more do I need to say? Conservative books sell. I can't help it if liberal books don't sell. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness. — Irving Stone Copy Share Image
I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
Books equals Knowledge. Knowledge qualifies you to get great Job. a Great job,in turn, makes you gain a sizeable fortune. So, pick… — Moulay Abdallah Boulaassair Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they're told something is fiction. — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
I write about whatever turns up. Every single day, I'm sitting down for three to five hours in the evenings wrestling away… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
Don't you like to write letters? I do because it's such a swell way to keep from working and yet feel you've… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Writing things down with a pen is a lot faster and more therapeutic than trying to type something on a tiny touchscreen… — Jodie Beau Copy Share Image
I want to tell stories that are true and that resonate and move people, that highlight both the tremendous beauty and ugliness… — Maya Hawke Copy Share Image
I think that's one of the maybe under-discussed aspects of process - the difference between a good writing day and a bad… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The complexion of a novelist is seldom rosy (Paul Bailey once announced to a heavy-hearted audience of novelists at PEN that we… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“She herself was a victim of that lust for books which rages in the breast like a demon, and which cannot be… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
It's easier to write from my own life, and it's also more fun. I always write about relationships, for instance, whether they're… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
“Don’t you ever get scared?” I ask. “Of what?” She says. “Of not being good enough.” “You mean at writing?” L’il asks.… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Other people get into occupations by accident or design; but writers are born. I could work at selling motels, or slopping hogs,… — W. P. Kinsella Copy Share Image
I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And… — Silas House Copy Share Image
To write something you have to feel it and know it, and that's not comfortable. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me. — Lee Child Copy Share Image
I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Writing is flying in dreams. When you remember. When you can. When it works. It's that easy. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A book does not make bad jokes, drink too much or eat more than you can afford to pay for. — Kenneth Turan Copy Share Image
“the thing about books is, there are quite a number you don't have to read.” — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“I think that the direction in which a writer should look is around.” — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
I would advise budding writers some other kind of job, unless they think they're very, very lucky. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
If you leave anyone with a undone page, someone who came prepared will finish it. — Rasheed Bryant Copy Share Image
All my books are adventures, but they also have a social viewpoint. — Anatoly Rybakov Copy Share Image
