I feel like I could devote myself to far more important things than writing novels. — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
A diary with no drawings of me in it? Where are the torrid fantasies? The romance covers? — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
Ignore all advice about writing. Leave your blood on every page. Every page! — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
A good writer must have more than vin rose in his veins, use more than Chablis for ink. — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A number of American colleges are willing to pay a tempting amount to pinch and poke an author for a day or… — John Updike Copy Share Image
“Oh, it doesn't get me. I'm pretty well cloistered, and I suppose books mean more than people to me anyway.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Little did she know that this was going to be not just any book, but the book that changed her life. In… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
Perhaps his tragedy is that he is the one normal writer left on earth and it is this that adds to his… — Malcolm Lowry Copy Share Image
Writing is hard. It takes commitment and determination and a good part talent. It's not an afterthought, an addendum - it's a… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Writing is like being in a dream state or under self-directed hypnosis. It induces a state of recall that - while not… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I fell in love with reading when I was allowed to choose whatever books I wanted to check out of the library.… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
I only regret that everybody wants to deprive me of the journal, which is the only steadfast friend I have, the only… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
Unlike television, reading does not swallow the senses or dictate thought. Reading stimulates the ecology of the imagination. Can you remember the… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
“Books are Windows of Enchantment - through them we can see - the moving spectacle of life: the farce, the tragedy. Every… — Patience Strong Copy Share Image
“I know that there will always be someone who won't get the stories, or who won't like them. You cannot please everyone,… — Jennifer Varnadore Copy Share Image
“You can not fully read a book without being alone. But through this very solitude you become intimately involved with people whom… — Antonio Muñoz Molina Copy Share Image
“If you’re looking for other authors who’ll grab your attention and keep it, I’m happy to recommend the following: Blake Crouch’s Wayward… — Andrew Peterson Copy Share Image
Additionally, Liesl and Po is the embodiment of what writing has always been for me at its purest and most basic--not a… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
From the moment I start a new novel, life's just one endless torture. The first few chapters may go fairly well and… — Emile Zola Copy Share Image
