Reading has always been in the chief joy, a never-ending topic of conversation, and often a lifesaver, in my family. — Elizabeth Borton de Trevino Copy Share Image
A startling confession for a food writer: all through high school, I struggled with a severe eating disorder. — Jack Monroe Copy Share Image
We've all been children, we all know a parent or parent-figure. This makes us all potential writers of children's books. — Michael Rosen Copy Share Image
You can't visit readers where you think they are. You have to invite them home to where you are and try to… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken… — Tracy Chevalier Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be some kind of writer - I wrote plays and songs and "books" before I realized living and… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
“I have bad news to tell you two poor boys have died at stonyhurst within the last 3 weeks from getting croup.… — Jon Lellenberg Copy Share Image
There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many… — Patrick Carman Copy Share Image
Most literary critics agree that fiction cannot be reduced to mere falsehood. Well-crafted protagonists come to life, pornography causes orgasms, and the… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
I believe books will never disappear. It is impossible for it to happen. Of all man's diverse tools, undoubtedly the most astounding… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
“I was ripe for the first escapist avenue that came my way. I will forever be grateful that it came in the… — Liesa Mignogna Copy Share Image
“When an author took the time and trouble to choose exactly the right words and arrange them in the right order, there… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“There are books for when you're bored. Plenty of them. There are books for when you're calm. The best kind, in my… — Roberto Bolaño translated from the Spanish by Natasha Wimmer Copy Share Image
In fact, writing, especially writing autobiographical works, and this is actually the fourth time I've done it, each time I've done it… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“A reader of mine is a deluxe reader, not because I’m so great but because in order to get to me you… — César Aira Copy Share Image
“A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue.… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
Everyone is taught the essentials of writing for at least 13 years, maybe more if they go to college. Nobody is taught… — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
She liked to sit on the front porch in the afternoons and read books she'd checked out from the library. Aside from… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference. — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
“When someone gives me either a democratic or republican pamphlet, I throw it in their face. I’m a librarian, damn it! We… — Bauvard Copy Share Image
Those of our writers who have possessed a vivid personal talent have been paralyzed by a want of social background. — Van Wyck Brooks Copy Share Image
I am at the bookstore a lot, but let my friends, the professional Birchbark Books staff, handle the day in and day… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
It is in the hard rockpile labour of seeking to win, hold, or deserve a reader's interest that the pleasant agony of… — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not the coronation of an infinite series of… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I'm not trying to take over the world, but I find it really rewarding to write, and I thrive on learning. — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
So remember these two things: you are talented and you are original. Be sure of that. I say this because self-trust is… — Brenda Ueland Copy Share Image
Any writer who believes in the 'lucky creative accident' in writing is pushing elephants on roller skates up greased ramps. — Leonard Bishop Copy Share Image
“The life inside a book always felt welcoming to Knight. It pressed no demands on him, while the world of human interactions… — Michael Finkel Copy Share Image
Books are educational; so you can buy as many as you want." Sophie Kinsella, shopping at the Limelight Marketplace — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I felt like I had never really heard of a story that reflected the stuff I was going through as a mom.… — Katherine Center Copy Share Image
I think we did a great job of putting together a program that would have made good e-books available had people been… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
After a while, if you're a writer, you want to start appearing in the bookstores of the place you're living in. — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
“There's not that much known, but there's a lot you can write about what's not known, why it isn't known and who… — Richard Ellis Copy Share Image
To my way of thinking and working, the greatest service a piece of fiction can do any reader is to force him… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
Enduring fame is promised only to those writers who can offer to successive generations a substance constantly renewed; for every generation arrives… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Get up from your desk and wander outside occasionally. To be a good writer one needs to be a good observer, and… — Jane Yolen Copy Share Image
I don't remember being a keen reader, but apparently I was. My aunt told me that whenever I was teased for reading,… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
We are never allowed to forget that some books are badly written; we should remember that sometimes they're badly read, too. — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
