Very young children eat their books, literally devouring their contents. This is one reason for the scarcity of first editions of Alice… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The kind of writing that matters most to me is something you don't learn about. It's constantly coming out of what I… — W. S. Merwin Copy Share Image
Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered. It takes it out of you. It's very psychically wearing not… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
“Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries. J.B. PRIESTLEY” — Janice Lane Palko Copy Share Image
Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think… — Crystal Bowersox Copy Share Image
The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read… — Carlton Cuse Copy Share Image
When I was a boy, my parents were writers and they owned a bookstore, 'The Complete Traveler in New York,' so writing… — Mike Greenberg Copy Share Image
Many [book] even lay flat in the floor open. Their spines upward. Elinor couldn't bear to look! Didn't the monster know that… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
I think, we can only write very personal matters through our experience. When I named my first novel about my son A… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
You nourish your minds by reading books. There is no good in doing that unless you hold it also as a sacrifice… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“In times of struggle, there are as many reasons not to read as there are to breathe. Don’t you have bigger things… — Erin Blakemore Copy Share Image
I used to write when I was in the mood or felt inspired. Anymore, I write whether I feel inspired or not.… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Bastian looked at the book. 'I wonder,' he said to himself, 'what's in a book while it's closed. Oh, I know it's… — Michael Ende Copy Share Image
“Writing every day is very, very helpful, but set the bar at a place where you have no excuse: It doesn't matter… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books… — Randy Pausch Copy Share Image
“Books were seen as a waste of time. What was the point, unless you were reading for information? To lose oneself in… — David Bergen Copy Share Image
From Maya Angelou I began to believe that I, too, someday, could be a writer, and I also learned how tortuous it… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
I think of my life as a cheap novel. Part of you wants it to go on forever, and part of you… — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
I write in public libraries and sometimes coffee shops. I can't write at home and gave up trying long ago. I need… — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
“Any one could write a book," said the taxi driver. "Yes, they could, but they DON'T," said Maeve Binchy” — Maeve Binchy Copy Share Image
The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great… — J. P. Donleavy Copy Share Image
The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I can write anywhere. But I don't use a computer, and I could never write on a laptop. I hate the sound… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
“I’m not saying that’s all I have floating around inside my brain, as a writer, there are so many possibilities waiting for… — S.D. Neeve Copy Share Image
I wanted to be an author as far back as I can remember, mixed with occasional bouts of wanting to be a… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more." ( "The Castle" )” — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I've figured out in the course of my life that the one thing I'm good at doing is writing books, and it… — Francis Fukuyama Copy Share Image
“A voice, a tone, a feeling Deep inside, growing bigger and brighter. Shining against the dark area in my soul. Telling everyone… — Marcus J. King Copy Share Image
When you're rereading or editing your book and you start to expect that this work is going to be reviewed, and you… — Nick Laird Copy Share Image
Vacation reading is not a new concept. Ever since the 19th century, when novels were considered relatively sinful indulgences, leisure and fiction-reading… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Channel Orange' in two weeks. The end product wasn't always that gritty, real-life depiction of the real struggle that happened. — Frank Ocean Copy Share Image
Great writers say things that are so beautiful, the very act of repeating them makes life itself more beautiful. — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I love reading. I spend a huge amount of time travelling on planes and have always got a book on the go. — Ben Fogle Copy Share Image
“Hey! I get to sleep in a library and read books all night! Without pity, where would I be? I'm a total… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
The good, the admirable reader identifies himself not with the boy or the girl in the book, but with the mind that… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
As much as I'm enjoying stuff out here in Hollywood, I will always think of myself as a comic-book writer who does… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
Writing sucks. I think it's terrible. Writing is not fun, and don't trust anyone who claims to enjoy it. Liars! — Rian Johnson Copy Share Image
In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldnt turn off the outside world to the extent that I can… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
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