I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a… — Linda Sue Park Copy Share Image
I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“What if superhumans are bored by novels about the experiences of lowly Sapiens thieves, whereas run-of-the-mill humans find soap operas about superhuman… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
He liked books if they were books of information and had pictures of grain elevators or of fat foreign children doing exercises… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I do think that books are invaluable as a reservoir of what we call the human space. And this is why I… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“A man who writes well writes not as others write, but as he himself writes; it is often in speaking badly that… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“ 'Books had always been my best friends and all I wanted to do was lose myself in them, and better yet… — Fae Sutherland Copy Share Image
You cannot write for children They're much too complicated. You can only write books that are of interest to them. — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“They ended up at the Old Corner Bookstore, which Brian had read about in a tour guide to Boston. "Longfellow and Hawthorne… — Caroline B. Cooney Copy Share Image
“Q: Do you have any advice for upcoming writers who want to pen weird stories? A: READ, damn it. Fill your brain… — T.E. Grau Copy Share Image
There's a serendipity to real life that the Internet can't duplicate. Do you use the library? For anything? Well, sometimes you end… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such… — John Banville Copy Share Image
“On to the library. And all through his time at the card catalog, combing the shelves, filling out the request cards, he… — Stephen Minkin Copy Share Image
The reason I never wrote a novel is that I don't have what it takes to write characters, so they would all… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was pretty obsessed with 'The Princess and the Pea.' I'm still not sure why. Something about… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
I was always furious because you couldn't take out more than three books in one day. You would go home with your… — Fay Weldon Copy Share Image
There is a new way of seeing him now. Because of that, there has been a lot of scholarship in Hemingway that… — Jack Hemingway Copy Share Image
Keepers of books, keepers of print and paper on the shelves, librarians are keepers also of the records of the human spiritthe… — Archibald MacLeish Copy Share Image
This experience of getting so lost in my writing that I lose track of time, or of anything outside the imagined world,… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
A lot of times, I write and have to scrap it. You don't know what I'm talking about because the words are… — Earl Sweatshirt Copy Share Image
I don't think I would ever inch my way up to Y.A. That audience is very well served. There are a lot… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“Every time I read a book, especially one that grabs my gus, there is another translucent layer added to what makes me,… — Arlaina Tibensky Copy Share Image
A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is analysis and having a sense of literature. — Trevor Nunn Copy Share Image
It is an author's primary duty to entertain. Sling out all the philosophical terms, but keep the reader turning the page. — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. … The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
...there were certain chapters when I stopped writing, saw the domestic situation I was in and thought, "I don't want to face… — Alasdair Gray Copy Share Image
It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
People tend to forget that my presence runs counter to their best interests. And it always does. That is one last thing… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it... By using words well they… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Shobha announced, trying to lighten the mood. “And I’ll keep all the books,” Girish said in the same spirit. “Fair enough. But… — Amulya Malladi Copy Share Image
I've always found too that somewhere in whatever you've just written lies the seed of what you're going to write next. — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
I say to my pupils, 'You can pitch me any thing you've got, but tell me why you're the only person who… — Dustin Lance Black Copy Share Image
The book industry is all about community, and it never really feels like anyone is competing against anyone, thankfully. — Adam Silvera Copy Share Image
I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just… — James Bay Copy Share Image
“The cover of a book is akin to the door of a home; if it is welcoming and enticing, it beckons you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Look, I... I may not be an explorer, or an adventurer, or a treasure-seeker, or a gunfighter, Mr. O'Connell, but I am… — The Mummy Copy Share Image
“Why waste the space on a stack of half-read books and periodicals, when you could turn your nightstand into a tactical toolbox?” — Clint Emerson Copy Share Image
I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Co-creation is much more work than writing somewhere in a hidden corner and then publishing your content. However, the benefits outweigh the… — Alexander Osterwalder Copy Share Image
“You can, of course, write to inspire others… but most importantly, you must write to inspire yourself.” — Jessica Swan Copy Share Image
