(The short story) is a form that has all the power of the novel - some would say more - but none… — Joseph O'Connor Copy Share Image
I am influenced by books which don't have their eye on the endgame, but which try to be entertaining on each and… — Steve Toltz 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
Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
The best of causes ruins as quickly as the worst; and the road to Limbo is paved with writers who have done… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
I don't consider writing a quiet, closet act. I consider it a real physical act. When I'm home writing on the typewriter,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
“Books ... rarely, if ever, talk about what children can make of themselves, about the powers that from the day or moment… — John Holt Copy Share Image
Writing one's first novel, getting it sold, and shepherding it through the labyrinths of editing, production, marketing, journalism, and social media is… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“Write it. Just write it. Write it on receipts in the car while you wait for your kid to finish their piano… — Melodie Ramone Copy Share Image
“You cast another bewildered look at the books around you (or, rather: it was the books that looked at you, with the… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
When I was getting ready for the release of 'Deadline,' when it was coming out soon, I decided that the appropriate way… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
Writers are idolized not because they love their fellow men, which is never a recommendation and in extreme instances leads to crucifixion,… — Hugh Kingsmill Copy Share Image
I don't know that any writing comes easily, but I certainly get more immersed in novels. I don't think the routine is… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“She nodded her head in approval and hesitantly shut the book, breathing a reader’s sigh. That wonderful inhale/exhale reaction one does after… — Eric Arvin Copy Share Image
“daughter of the past who walked in all wide-eyed and exhaling like she’d finally found what she was looking for. It was… — Patti Callahan Henry Copy Share Image
“Ask a book publisher how many copies a book has sold, and he or she, presuming you’re not the author, will probably… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
If a novelist tells you something she knows or thinks, and you believe her, that is not because either of you think… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
“Memoirs? No, we want a how-to book. For spies.” “A how-to book?! A book can’t teach someone how to be equal parts… — It Books Copy Share Image
I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
You know, there are those writers who work at writing every day. I'm not one of those guys. I tend to work… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire. — Harry Mathews Copy Share Image
But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fiction helps me to reconnect with the true, deep weirdness inherent in everyday reality, in our dealings with one another, in just… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
In the past, I travelled with 'The Hero and the Crown' by Robin McKinley: I suffer from a fear of flying, and… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“Fueled by the need to interpret the past, to explore the present, and to imagine the future, each generation shapes the world… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
“Misunderstanding and distrust—the predominant elements of a novel. Without them, everyone lives happily from beginning.” — Carmen DeSousa Copy Share Image
“I once learned that only three behaviors set literate people apart. The first two are obvious: reading and writing; but the third… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction. — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
“Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is like being in a relationship. If you're not 100% committed to your writing, you will fail to be… — Patti Roberts Copy Share Image
“Write your heart out, give it your all, and proceed to make emotions crawl over the place for the power that is… — Karlie Calderon Copy Share Image
“There wasn’t much left at the end of the month for her favorite luxuries—great clothes and hardback books, but she didn’t mind.… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips 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
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
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
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
