“Mistakes in a work of fiction by a writer are new discoveries by the reader, that create a new ending for the… — kambiz mostofizadeh Copy Share Image
Most people travel with a good book, but I also keep my agenda with me; I'll flip through the pages and take… — Carolina Herrera Copy Share Image
I was a kid who lived to read. It was the primary pleasure of my existence. It's still one of the primary… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Reading a newspaper is like reading someone's letters, as opposed to a biography or a history. The writer really does not know… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I do what I want to do. I see where my enthusiasm is. Over the years, my techniques expanded. That's how the… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
“Avid readers are a breed of their own, and we’re often accused of being heady. I don’t care. I love books and… — AnnaLisa Grant Copy Share Image
To make time for writing, one has to take time out from somewhere. Obviously, a fair amount of time that you spend… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
I don't write all the time. But if I'm writing something, I'll just bang into it every day until it's finished. I… — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
A reader is entitled to believe what he or she believes is consonant with the facts of the book. It is not… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
The greater the conceptual significance of a literary product, the more it should be assumed that it is based on an idea… — Ferdinand Christian Baur Copy Share Image
I still don't think I've ever read a Nancy Drew book; I probably read three or four 'Hardy Boys' books when I… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
The American writer is a very pampered figure - by foundations, by fellowships, by publishing advances. Even though I am not American,… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“The literary text seems like "a fortified medieval town –foreigners and outsiders are repelled, or allowed in only after rigorous checks, but… — Jeremy Hawthorn Copy Share Image
I think Roald Dahl had the rarest combination of talking to kids about complex emotions, and he was able to show you… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I did start reading quite young but I was always read to by my parents, who are both actors. Bedtime stories from… — Samuel West Copy Share Image
“I was afraid to become a writer. I didn't think I had the ability - it was too big a thing. Who… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
I don’t go back and look at my early work, because the last time I did, many years ago, it left me… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
“I have always had this sense of books as lined up and waiting, patiently waiting, for people to find them;” — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
How strange to read of a place in a book, and then stand on it, listen to the birds sing, and spit… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered.… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
I needed a writing space to get out of my house with the little guy. Because any time I try to write… — Sturgill Simpson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a writer simply finds new ways of saying what has already been said because, ultimately, truth is unoriginal.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Covey set out to write a book, not on building great organizations, but on achieving great personal effectiveness.” — RosettaBooks Copy Share Image
Sometimes when you write something on the page, it can seem very funny, but when you act it out - and this… — Mike White Copy Share Image
An author's life is different, complex, and ongoing, while a character's remains frozen in one little story. — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“A school without a library is like a first aid box without medicines". Ravi Sathasivam / Sri Lanka - 2017” — Ravi Sathasivam / Sri Lanka Copy Share Image
“do NOT go pulling things you like out of your novel because some forum person told you your idea "won't sell.” — Rachel Aaron Copy Share Image
“I never write the storyline ahead of the novel and stick to it like glue. I prefer my writing to be organic.… — Airambooksie Copy Share Image
Novels can be a snapshot of a moment in time, or several moments in time, and as a reader, that's what I… — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
The impulse to write comes, I think, from a desire - perhaps a need - to give imaginative life to experience, to… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Unfortunate and wretched are those who have respected a book they did not love and hated those they did. — Milorad Pavić Copy Share Image
I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
In researching 'The Luminaries,' I did read quite a lot of 20th-century crime. My favourites out of that were James M. Cain,… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“Maybe I write because I’ve learned to show certain parts of my heart on the page that I still struggle to capture… — common Copy Share Image
“Is not a book of more value than metal?’ asked Cumscrad. ‘It is the fruit of a person’s brain and contains knowledge… — Peter Tremayne Copy Share Image
There’s no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
I'm seeing more and more books by celebrity authors, and I'm not happy to see them. I'd rather see publishing budgets devoted… — Jabari Asim Copy Share Image
I just downloaded '1984' for my iPod, but I've read that before. It just hearkens back to the 'romance' of my high-school… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
