I'm a comic writer, in some ways, and a comic person when I'm up at a podium, in order to disguise the… — Gregory Maguire Copy Share Image
Reading and writing are in themselves subversive acts. What they subvert is the notion that things have to be the way they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It's not like publishing is perfect. Far from it. The industry is struggling to adapt and survive, and it's incredibly frustrating trying… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
“Losing myself for hours in worlds that only existed in the confines of a paper jacket was my only escape from a… — Winter Renshaw Copy Share Image
The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
I'm not the type of woman who shows off my body; I'm a vocalist and I'm a writer and I think people… — Jazmine Sullivan Copy Share Image
Librarians are the coolest people out there doing the hardest job out there on the frontlines. And every time I get to… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I believe that the main thing in beginning a novel is to feel, not that you can write it, but that it… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Electronic books are a bad thing because they cannot be accumulated on shelves to remind you of your past, to impress your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In her excellent, entirely readable Richard Wright, Hazel Rowley accomplishes what [previous biographer] Michel Fabre would have liked to do with once-guarded… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
I didn't do anything as active as deciding that I wanted to be a writer. For one thing, I didn't feel like… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
Stop trying to be author of your romantic fate...let the universe kick in and lend a hand. Not only will you end… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Autobiography, if there really is such a thing, is like asking a rabbit to tell us what he looks like hopping through… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
The library in summer is the most wonderful thing because there you get books on any subject and read them each for… — Polly Horvath Copy Share Image
“Life is a cracked surface at best. Fiction is a nice edifice. / every word/sentence/paragraph gives a writer an opportunity to reinforce… — K. J. Bishop Copy Share Image
“A spectacular novel of colonial China that should put this first-time author on the map.” - Kirkus Reviews” — Milena Banks Copy Share Image
“Lucky Luke: I wonder how you manage to read with everything that's going on. Jolly Jumper: By turning the pages just like… — Morris Copy Share Image
There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way. — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
Buy good books, and read them; the best books are the commonest, and the last editions are always the best, if the… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I hate writing. I almost never write. I write against deadlines. And when I'm teaching, I'm focused on that. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“I disappeared into books when I was very young, disappeared into them like someone running into the woods.” — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
Use original detail in your writing. Life is so rich, if you can write down the real details of the way things… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
The reality of the writer's world is that you set yourself up for future disappointment with every success that you deliver because… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
We ought to regard books as we do sweetmeats, not wholly to aim at the pleasantest, but chiefly to respect the wholesomest;… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Where there is writing- there is a writer Where there is planning- there is a planner Where there is a building- there… — Bliss Carman Copy Share Image
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In order to write novels for a living - it's not pathological, but I do think and worry and brood and fidget… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about. — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
I wonder if I'll meet one person that knows enough people that can get me recognized as a writer. Oh I already… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
I can't really write unless I'm full of inspiration. And even then I can't write unless I have some alone time. — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
“Good fiction can help us to expand our circle of empathy to include people unlike ourselves.- R' Eitan Levy” — Eitan Levy Copy Share Image
I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the next page… — Joan Juliet Buck Copy Share Image
I write a good amount. I've been gathering up a backlog of stuff and maybe I'll do something with it someday, but… — Macaulay Culkin Copy Share Image
I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Hemingway sucks. If I set out to write that way, it would have been been hollow and lifeless because it wasn't me. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
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