Writing one's first novel, getting it sold, and shepherding it through the labyrinths of editing, production, marketing, journalism, and social media is… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“Books ... rarely, if ever, talk about what children can make of themselves, about the powers that from the day or moment… — John Holt Copy Share Image
I don't consider writing a quiet, closet act. I consider it a real physical act. When I'm home writing on the typewriter,… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
I was the kind of kid whose parents would drop him off at the local town library on their way to work,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But I always seem to finish a book and then think, oh God, I've got to pay a tax bill, so I'd… — Jilly Cooper Copy Share Image
Write about the things that attract you. Choose your subjects the way you used to choose your toys: out of desire. — Harry Mathews Copy Share Image
I loved writing when I was a kid and thought about being a writer then. But I didn't have the confidence or… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
No matter what I write or speak about, it always has some connection to how our spiritual understanding impacts the world we… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
One of my rigid goals is to keep each book under 300 pages because I think so much nonfiction is literally weighty… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
A book reads the better which is our own, and has been so long known to us, that we know the topography… — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
“Producing works of art doesn't often count as appropriate intellectual work in an arts department: yet the equivalent in a science department,… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
“Librarians who are arguing and lobbying for clever ebook lending solutions are completely missing the point. They are defending library as warehouse… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s. When it comes to actually pulling this off, the writer… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Laura read a lot. She lived alone in a tiny bedsit and her television was so small and snowy she didn"t watch… — Katie Fforde Copy Share Image
“It was a common complaint amongst the Arts students that their library was in dire need of refurbishment. To call the old… — Erin Lawless Copy Share Image
You know, there are those writers who work at writing every day. I'm not one of those guys. I tend to work… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
“Memoirs? No, we want a how-to book. For spies.” “A how-to book?! A book can’t teach someone how to be equal parts… — It Books Copy Share Image
“Fueled by the need to interpret the past, to explore the present, and to imagine the future, each generation shapes the world… — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
Fiction helps me to reconnect with the true, deep weirdness inherent in everyday reality, in our dealings with one another, in just… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
In the past, I travelled with 'The Hero and the Crown' by Robin McKinley: I suffer from a fear of flying, and… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
It seems the only way to write a half decent book is to worry oneself sick on an hourly basis that one… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“I once learned that only three behaviors set literate people apart. The first two are obvious: reading and writing; but the third… — Roy Peter Clark Copy Share Image
“Misunderstanding and distrust—the predominant elements of a novel. Without them, everyone lives happily from beginning.” — Carmen DeSousa Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is like being in a relationship. If you're not 100% committed to your writing, you will fail to be… — Patti Roberts Copy Share Image
“Those who achieve the extraordinary are usually the most ordinary because they have nothing to prove to anybody. Be Humble.” — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction. — Monica Johnson Copy Share Image
“There wasn’t much left at the end of the month for her favorite luxuries—great clothes and hardback books, but she didn’t mind.… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
“Write your heart out, give it your all, and proceed to make emotions crawl over the place for the power that is… — Karlie Calderon Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book - say I'm going to write a parenting book. I'll go out and buy the 100 top… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
The books that matter to me...are those that galvanize something inside me. I read books to read myself. — Sven Birkerts Copy Share Image
And to all of you, what it really comes down to is: If you're buying a book with my name on it,… — Peter David Copy Share Image
Some say writing is its own reward. I write for money, but writing for money is not so bad, especially when that… — Eloisa James Copy Share Image
I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time - would be influenced by HPL. As… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
When you print out your manuscript and read it, marking up with a pen, it sometimes feels like a criminal returning to… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“you would know all this if you had troubled to read the book that Maester Kedry gave you.” “It had no pictures.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
I've just finished reading some of my early papers, and you know, when I'd finished I said to myself, 'Rutherford, my boy,… — Ernest Rutherford Copy Share Image
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
I have always felt that the first duty of a writer was to ascend - to make flights, carrying others along if… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
I've written some short stories about my personal experience, but it's not something you can use everywhere. Every novel, every work of… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
