“There are those who cannot imagine a world without birds; there are those who cannot imagine a world without water; but in… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“Books are not about passing the time. They’re about other lives. Other worlds. Far from wanting time to pass, Sir Kevin, one… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“Write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you are writing, and aren't writing particularly well.” — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
You do not learn how to write novels in a writing program. You learn how by leading an interesting life. Open yourself… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“If anything one writes isn't still being talked about ten years later then it wasn't worth writing in the first place.” — Howard Hinton Copy Share Image
“As writers we have the profound privilege and responsibility to create a new world when the current one takes a turn for… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
“The aim of literature," Baskerville replied grandly, "is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.” — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“Don't be afraid to write. I think a lot of writers of all ages have a fear that they aren't any good… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The biggest takeaway for anyone seeking to write is this: don't go looking for the way other authors do their work. You… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
I think I learned discipline on 'Jane Eyre.' Charlotte Bronte's dialogue, the intellectual duel between Rochester and Jane Eyre's character, is so… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
“The Book Lover:- See how I have come up in the World, because of my books. I pull the covers agape, pages… — Catriona Malan Copy Share Image
There's so many different kinds of rights to consider these days: computer, e-book, all sorts of things. Forget foreign rights and entertainment… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
Every time I sit down and write, I'm like, 'This is a miserable experience. What a life I've made for myself. Why… — Cord Jefferson Copy Share Image
“It's this way, see--when a writer first starts out, he gets a big kick from the stuff he does, and the reader… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“But for Juniper, the very best thing about the study was the smell. She reveled in the delightful scent wafting through the… — M.P. Kozlowsky Copy Share Image
I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to change people's… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
“There are many premium writers, yes? Tolstoy, yes? He wrote War , and also Peace , which are both premium books.” — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“I do my writing in the morning, now, if the boy will let me, and in the afternoon when I’m not teaching,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Those who cultivate letters must be supplied with the books necessary for their purpose; and until this supply is secured I shall… — Aldus Manutius Copy Share Image
Well-run libraries are filled with people because what a good library offers cannot be easily found elsewhere: an indoor public space in… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I find in my own writing that only fiction - and rarely, a poem - fully tests me to the kind of… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I write to figure out how I feel, to move through my emotions, and to commemorate and honor seasons of my life. — Olivia Rodrigo Copy Share Image
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
Books are boring," James said as he wrote. "They line the walls like a thousand leather doorways to be opened into worlds… — Laura Whitcomb Copy Share Image
I haven't found it to be particularly enjoyable... ninety percent of the time when I go on dates, I'm thinking, 'I could… — Zosia Mamet Copy Share Image
“The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true.” — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I admire Dickens beyond words. He is one of the greatest plotters of all times. Didn't have a clue about women, but… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
In the education of children there is nothing like alluring the interest and affection; otherwise you only make so many asses laden… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“One of the most helpful tools a writer has is his journals. Whenever someone asks how to become an author, I suggest… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
I read passionately with a need to know and see the act of reading as an act of cognition and not simply… — Alexander Theroux Copy Share Image
It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward. — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
I can't believe there will ever be a time when the book is truly obsolete. It is the perfect technology and feeds… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“SOYINKA WON THE NOBEL PRIZE ACHEBE, LITERARY COMMANDER P.D. JAMES, WE LOVE HER AGATHA CHRISTIE, QUEEN OF CRIME” — S. A. David Copy Share Image
As a writer, you always read in two minds: You read as a reader and you enjoy it, and you look at… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
Honestly, I think we should be delighted people still want to read, be it on a Kindle or a Nook or whatever… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
I do have fun writing, and a long time ago, I told myself, 'You got to have fun at this, or it'll… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
You can write and write, but if you don't have someone who can nail that character, it's never going to live. — Jamie Hewlett Copy Share Image
“One thing that separates would-be writers from working writers is that the latter know their work will never match their dreams.” — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
I just write from my own experience and they're very real. They're all the things that I've been through, all situations I've… — Lola Young Copy Share Image
