'American Gods' was designed to be, if not open-ended, at least a trilogy kind of shape, so there's definitely one more book,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The tremendous efficiency and economy of the book has once again demonstrated itself. It's the world's most patient medium. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
When writing of oneself one should show no mercy. Yet why at the first attempt to discover one's own truth does all… — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
My mother was almost entirely responsible for my cultural education. She took me to the library once a week, and by the… — Steven Berkoff Copy Share Image
I knew very early on I wanted to be a television writer. My teachers told me I was a strong writer and… — Lena Waithe Copy Share Image
If the big publishers are doing so well, why do they require writers to send return postage with their manuscripts? — Dan Poynter Copy Share Image
Art, whatever form it takes, requires hard work, craftsmanship and creativity. As a writer, I know my grammar, cadence, the music of… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
“Memoirs are often about difficult things in a person's life. In my situation, my story starts with about the stupidest, most immoral… — Piper Kerman Copy Share Image
For the last few years I've tried to force myself to write at least one page every day, which doesn't sound like… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
“Publishing a book is like planting a vegetable seed. The first day your book is out there is the same as seeing… — Kevin Ortegel Copy Share Image
I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
But one type of book that practically no one likes to read is a book about the law. Books about the law… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have every sympathy for writers. It's a mystery to me what they do. I can edit. I can cross out and… — Alan Rickman Copy Share Image
I consider myself a writer who happens to write about history, rather than a historian. I was an English major in college.… — Nathaniel Philbrick Copy Share Image
“Writing … is an addiction, an illusory release, a presumptuous taming of reality, a way of expressing lightly the unbearable. That we… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Well, it does educate us about life. I wouldn’t be the person I am, I wouldn’t understand what I understand, were it… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“Don't be afraid to be the new kid on the block. Pay attention and respect the more seasoned writers around you, but… — L.A. Lewandowski Copy Share Image
I am very lucky that I get to tell stories for a living. I love being able to grab people's attention, to… — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
“How my life has been brought to undiscovered lands, and how much richer it gets - all from words printed on a… — Emoke B'Racz Copy Share Image
“Writing creatively is a process of self-consumption that requires one to dive deeply inside of oneself with no guarantee of reemergence.” — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
I write in Times New Roman, 12 point, and arrange the margins so that the screen looks like a page from a… — Paul Lynch Copy Share Image
I see no reason to stop writing. But the reason isn't always one of your own. The mind is not invulnerable, and… — Robert Coover Copy Share Image
“You're never "keeping it real" with your lack of punctuation and proofreading, you're keeping it unintelligible.” — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
“There's a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It's not the writing part that's… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
There are, first of all, two kinds of authors: those who write for the subject's sake, and those who write for writing's… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“A bestseller is a book written by a rich person of Indian roots staying in Europe for more than a decade..” — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
“Writing a successful novel is a great challenge, and you have to be a bit of a poet, a bit of a… — Anis Shivani Copy Share Image
A book is basically just symbols arranged to form this story, this world. But on the other hand, books, novels, literature in… — Shane Warren Jones Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think the only way to do the kind of job a writer does is push… — Marc Guggenheim Copy Share Image
I think most short story writers, at one time or another, over the course of several books, naturally skirt near the edge… — David Means Copy Share Image
I could never be the kind of writer who went to the set of the movie and fussed and fretted about, 'Oh,… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“My writing style has changed dramatically over the years, growing increasingly clean and exact. I like to think that I'm still improving… — Barbara Delinsky Copy Share Image
Irene Bennett Brown keeps the promise of her gifted writing and love for history inside this fine contemporary mystery. I loved it. — Jane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
What is missed when people talk about books is the moment of grace when the reader creates the book, lends it the… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
“He described the Literary Apothecary to her. “A longboat with a low-slung belly, a galley, two sleeping berths, a bathroom and eight… — Nina George Copy Share Image
“Fiction that fails to engage an audience with the emotional intricacies of viable characters will, for many in that audience, simply alienate… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
I have an agent, John Brockman, who is an agent to many academic authors like Dan Gilbert and Steven Pinker, and he's… — Richard Thaler Copy Share Image
It's really important to make the time to curl up and not look at a screen at night. Just to escape into… — Sara Cox Copy Share Image
Writers are not celebrities, so you don't expect to walk down the street and hear, 'Oh my God, there's Sylvia Day.' You… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable." Louisa May Alcott” — R.R. Smythe Copy Share Image
