There are no rules in writing. There are useful principles. Throw them away when they're not useful. But always know what you're… — Will Shetterly Copy Share Image
Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something… My theory is a children's book... can be just for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wandering the book fair at AWP is a great way to get acquainted with a wide sampling of the diverse journals that… — Eileen Pollack Copy Share Image
Sometimes I miss my family badly. In those weak moments, books come to my rescue because they help me think differently. — P. R. Sreejesh Copy Share Image
I read differently now, more painstakingly, knowing I am probably revisiting the books I love for the last time. (245) — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“If I were a cop, and I caught a criminal, I’d throw the book at them. A heavy book, like an unabridged… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
If Francoise Sagan hadn't written a book called A Chateau in Sweden, I would certainly write a short story called A Chateau… — Truman Capote Copy Share Image
Keeping a personal journal a daily in-depth analysis and evaluation of your experiences is a high-leverage activity that increases self-awareness and enhances… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Literature is about getting in touch. It sounds so hippie, but it really is about sharing stuff. We are a community that… — Alejandro Zambra Copy Share Image
When we have read a book or poem so often that we can no longer find any amusement in reading it by… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
“You can be told that reading Victor Hugo will sap your will to live, but you can’t understand what that means until… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
Each book develops a strong organic shape. And when that shape is complete, the book is complete. I don't know where the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children’s story which is only enjoyed by children is… — Joe Rigney Copy Share Image
“The library was magical because every time I walked through the door, there were literally thousands of voices ready and willing to… — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“I like libraries, if for no other reason than they give homeless people a place to hang out. There's something nice about… — Julia Walton Copy Share Image
The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer… — David Leavitt Copy Share Image
It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
“Why does the writer write? The writer writes to serve--hopelessly he writes in the hope that he might serve--not himself and not… — Joy Williams Copy Share Image
One of the greatest gifts adults can give - to their offspring and to their society - is to read to children. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
I do have pleasure when I'm writing. I mean, I'm aware of pleasure. And sometimes I make myself laugh, with a joke… — Peter Schjeldahl Copy Share Image
“There is something nice about a library, isn't there?" Mr. Curtis said. He nodded and took in the familiar scenery. "The scent… — Ilana Waters Copy Share Image
If books could have more, give more, be more, show more, they would still need readers who bring to them sound and… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
“Don't mark up the Library's copy, you fool! Librarians are Unprankable. They'll track you down! They have skills!” — Charles Ogden Copy Share Image
“Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.” — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
Death is the great Maecenas, Death is the great angel of writing. You must write because you are not going to live… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
All my friends who wanted to write had got nowhere trying to write the great European novel. So I deliberately steered clear… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
If you don't have a sensation of apprehension when you set out to find a story and a swagger when you sit… — A. M. Rosenthal Copy Share Image
I try not to get analytical in the writing process. I try to just kind of keep the flow from my brain… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The book is openly a kind of spiritual autobiography, but the trick is that on any other level it's a kind of… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
But at night, when the library lamps are lit, the outside world disappears and nothing but the space of books remains in… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
The one thing that I always try and take with me, if there's, like, a remake, or you're doing something again, is… — Florence Pugh Copy Share Image
I love 'Anna Karenina.' It's in the top five books on my list. Tolstoy is unsurpassed in combining the grand with the… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
Every reader has found charms by which to secure possession of a page that, by magic, becomes as if never read before,… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
That's the advantage of being a writer: No matter what happens, as long as you survive it, it goes into the work. — Alexandra Fuller Copy Share Image
“Bring on the controversy. I write real life. It's harsh and sometimes gritty, but it's real. Why should we tip toe around… — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
Fiction is a web of lies that attempts to entangle the truth. And autobiography may well be the reverse: data tricked up… — Nicholas Delbanco Copy Share Image
“I want to write a book again,” I said to Sam on a blazingly hot afternoon on the veranda of the Red… — Jacques Pauw Copy Share Image
