In the same way, I write some of my more difficult pieces when I'm at very happy stages in my life. — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
“Three possessions you should prize: A field, a friend, and a book.” — Hai guan zong shui wu si shu China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu Copy Share Image
The high-water mark, so to speak, of Socialist literature is W.H. Auden, a sort of gutless Kipling. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I know why writers write- they write to untangle the knots in their hearts.” — Virginia Frances Schwartz Copy Share Image
“...writers, like priests, should have compassion...and a sensitivity to pain...” — John Geddes Copy Share Image
I like shelves full of books in a library, but if all books become electronic, the task of big research libraries remains… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy,… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
“you would know all this if you had troubled to read the book that Maester Kedry gave you.” “It had no pictures.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time - would be influenced by HPL. As… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
Some say writing is its own reward. I write for money, but writing for money is not so bad, especially when that… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book - say I'm going to write a parenting book. I'll go out and buy the 100 top… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
And to all of you, what it really comes down to is: If you're buying a book with my name on it,… — Peter David Copy Share Image
I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all — what do they want, a crowd looking over their… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for… — John Steinbeck from the Fall 1975 issue of The Paris Review Copy Share Image
“In Murakami's short story 'The Kidney-Shaped Stone That Moves Every Day,' the main character is a writer. In describing the act of… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
If you have to find devices to coax yourself to stay focused on writing, perhaps you should not be writing what you're… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I would advise any beginning writer to write the first drafts as if no one else will ever read them - without… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
I think the trick of being a writer is to basically put your cards out there all the time and be willing… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
All I really know in nonfiction is that when I come home, I've got all these notes and I'm trying to figure… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“I can’t see giving up real books,” she said. “And I love that I can give away my books after I’ve read… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
