“Write about a terrible experience until you find value in having gone through it. Then you will appreciate every dark hour.” — Jan Marquart Copy Share Image
“Binge writers spend more time feeling guilty and anxious about not writing than schedule followers spend writing.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
I had a naiveté that I would remember the things that I had written already, but I was getting lost in the… — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
Books are really, really hard to write. They represent a kind of a summit of grappling with what one really has to… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters. — Susan Wojcicki Copy Share Image
It's kind of liberating to be able to bring your own ideas to things, but it's also a lot of pressure, it's… — John C. Reilly Copy Share Image
“Writing is a bittersweet addiction. The more it drains you; the more replenished you feel, and you crave it even more.” — Anthea Syrokou Copy Share Image
“Teachers say if you write a story you must never name what you’re trying to write. Just do it. When it’s over… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
'Monkeys' is made up of nine short stories that tell an overall story. 'Folly' is a series of vignettes all put together… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
It's the typical mid-life crisis kind of thing, where you just stop and wonder, 'Should I go back to university and get… — Lynn Coady Copy Share Image
I'm a fiction writer, and I do write essays, but I am not a poet. And I absolutely reject the phrase 'woman… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“Something good happened to my writing when stopped being afraid to do something simple, for the fear that people might think I… — Carrie Newcomer Copy Share Image
I don't think you could teach someone to be a genius, but you can certainly teach them to not make rookie mistakes… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I was only ever part of 'Lost' - a very small part of an extremely talented writers' room, where as a writer,… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
My writing partner and I usually write separately, because if we write together we are liable to go a little nuts. The… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
“The writer,' said Donald Barthelme, 'is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.' In this mode of… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Even if you're in the thick of revising another work, write something new. Something small. It's important to keep telling yourself stories.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
“To be able to write a novel you have to be willing to fall out of life for 1 year and not… — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until… — Kurt Loder Copy Share Image
I think one of the paradoxes of writing fiction is when people enjoy it, they want it to be real. So they… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who… — Carlos Ruiz Zafón Copy Share Image
A book can just be a description of a stick being snapped in half. If the reader is brought to feel the… — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
My first drafts are always terrible, and I hate them, but the process for me is all about writing the bad version… — Jesse Andrews Copy Share Image
If you want to purchase and view a book at your local bookstore or public library, you should have the right to… — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun! — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“Book light,” Grandma grumbles as I hurry her away from Dad’s boss and his wife. “Who the hell wants a book light?”… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“I spent my life folded between the pages of books.In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
A book has to be easy to open and you don't have to be a bodybuilder to lift it. I like books… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme.” — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“I'm the one flunking out of this goddam place, and you're asking me to write you a goddam composition.” — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
The common intuition is that e-books should be cheap because they aren't physical - no printing, no shipping. — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking… — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
Writing, more than any other art, is indexed to the worthiness of the self because it is identified in peoples minds with… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
I was a library rat and a bookworm. I read all the time. I walked to school reading books. I read under… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
“Just when I figured out how to quiet the characters in my head, the multiple stories my creative muse wants me to… — L.M. Fields Copy Share Image
Well, I'm a slow writer. For me, a good day is a page, maybe a page and a half. I'd love to… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
I was brought up on Dickens. I remember reading 'Bleak House' but, coming back to it, I didn't remember much about it… — Burn Gorman Copy Share Image
Once, in an interview with 'V' magazine, I said that I preferred Fitzgerald to Hemingway. I think that Hemingway is an amazing… — Dree Hemingway Copy Share Image
