I write best in the morning, and I can only write for about half a day, that's about it. — Norton Juster Copy Share Image
Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
If you only hear one side of the story, at some point, you have to question who the writer is. — Clint Smith Copy Share Image
There's a lot of thievery involved in writing. You're breaking into other people's spaces and other people's stories. — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
“And it is also the only reward for my work: to feel what I have written is like the back of a… — Julio Cortázar Copy Share Image
Madam Pince, our librarian, tells me that it is 'pawed about, dribbled on, and generally maltreated' nearly everyday - a high compliment… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even the choicest literature should be taken as the condiment, and not as the sustenance of life. It should be neither the… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
It is horrible to sit in front of the keyboard and write those scenes because you're losing too. You lose somebody you… — Scott M. Gimple Copy Share Image
“Now called for something drastically un-running away. Now called for--what? Suddenly I had it. Now called for being a librarian! (--Sally Jay… — Elaine Dundy Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, sometimes you have to spend time poking at a part of yourself that normal, sane people leave alone. — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“I don’t get writer's block because I don’t believe in it. I believe you sit in front of the computer and force… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
Publication is rather like pushing the boat out; then the boat/book turns into a melting ice floe and you have to conjure… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
“There's a honey-do-list for you on your nightstand in case you get to feeling like I managed just fine without you. And… — Dee Henderson Copy Share Image
I am no fan of books. And chances are, if you're reading this, you and I share a healthy skepticism about the… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
“One way to understand fiction is to treat every story as an attempt to make an argument (Helena Bell has written more… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“We can learn to pay attention, concentrate, devote ourselves to authors. We can slow down so we can hear the voice of… — Thomas Newkirk Copy Share Image
“books, i think, are a different kind of time machine. instead of reminding you of a lost world, they create one for… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like… — Bruce Robinson Copy Share Image
Another editor. That thing behind his ear is his pencil. Whenever he finds a bright thing in your manuscript he strikes it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
