We'd never expect to understand a piece of music on one listen, but we tend to believe we've read a book after… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
I would write about issues and people I met along the way, but not about the process and the life of being… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
“...the authors he has himself discovered are his own exclusive territory, like the saloon compartment of a special train.” — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
All men who read escape from something else into what lies behind the printed page; the quality of the dream may be… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
In the novel we can know people perfectly, and, apart from the general pleasure of reading, we can find here a compensation… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
Reading a story should be a fabulous, wonderful thing. The most important thing that parents can do for kids is to read… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“When intentional, there is no right or wrong in writing—only creativity, personality and a new way to look at words. If you… — Ryan J. Alls Copy Share Image
Yes, the first draft is the key. That's why I put so much energy, focus, and attention on the first draft, because… — Caridad Svich Copy Share Image
I have always felt a special affinity with V. S. Pritchett. He worked from the ear, primarily, as I do, and he… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“She was dashing back, an enormous old book in her arms. “I never thought to look in here!” she whispered excitedly. “I… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Mr. Malfoy is new to the business of having ideas, and so when he has one, he becomes proud of himself for… — Eliezer Yudkowsky Copy Share Image
“The formalities necessary to obtain a work were quite complicated; the borrower's form had to contain the book's title, format, publication date,… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
“Ivanov had been a party member since 1902. Back then he had tried to write stories in the manner of Tolstoy, Chekhov,… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
“As long as you have any floor space at all, you have room for books! Just make two stacks of books the… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
Shouldn't schools be the place where students interact with interesting books? Shouldn't the faculty have an ongoing laser-like commitment to put good… — Kelly Gallagher Copy Share Image
Whenever I try to do anything on a typewriter, it's like having this machine between me and the words; what comes out… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“I remember hearing grandpa say that a love for god books was one of the best safeguards a man could have,' began… — Louisa M. Alcott Copy Share Image
OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or… — Gary D. Schmidt Copy Share Image
All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
“The beauty of fiction is it need not be factual and the writer's imagination can travel as far from reality as he… — Sheldon Friedman Copy Share Image
A lot of the time writers are just sponges... for what's around them, and so books are helpful for focusing your mind… — Marcus Mumford Copy Share Image
“Unless a convention of anarchists visited the library yesterday, most books ought to be in their rightful places.” — Evelyn Skye Copy Share Image
I often compare putting a hotel together to old-time movie production. You come up with a story line, you hire the writer,… — Andre Balazs Copy Share Image
My books have three W's on them, which are "words," "wisdom," and "wonder." Words inevitably lead to wisdom, and wisdom inevitably leads… — Julie Andrews Copy Share Image
“GOOD shouldn’t be used to describe a girl in any way. There are good books, good food, but not good girls.” — Caroline George Copy Share Image
Part of being a writer is feeling that constant dissatisfaction, thinking about what else you could do, and also knowing when it's… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
A good ground rule for writing in any genre is, start with a form, then undermine its confidence in itself. Ask what… — M. John Harrison Copy Share Image
I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my apprenticeship which may for some people sound… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
I've been writing since I was six years old. It's hard to imagine stopping. I would hate to think that I've already… — Don Winslow Copy Share Image
“Thank God for old-fashioned hardcovers. The e-book reader she had at home wouldn’t have packed nearly the same punch.” — Christine Warren Copy Share Image
Fiction. . . . It's like goading a mongoose and a cobra into battle and staying with them to see who wins. — Shauna Singh Baldwin Copy Share Image
A great writer has a high respect for values. His essential function is to raise life to the dignity of thought, and… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
I have no idea! I have been writing for 35 years and from the beginning up to now the situation's almost the… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I know that sounds ineffective and daunting, but it [throw hundreds of pages away] is actually my favorite part of the writing… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“This writing doesn't affect reality any more than any writing does; that is to say, indirectly, but considerably.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Writing blurbs for books means you have to read the book, and it cuts into the business of bookselling. So every time… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Writing, at least a craft and at its best an art, aspiring to the unique, is the most difficult to learn. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“Novelists are a special breed. They cannot genuinely trust anything they have not seen with their own eyes or touched with their… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“There's nothing that isn't worth writing about. If you look closely at your life you'll find plenty to write about there, too.” — Sara Gran Copy Share Image
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