“Creativity isn't defined by word count, or the number of books one has published. A writer makes a commitment to stretch as… — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is a peculiar sort of a job," Neil Gaiman once observed. "It's always you versus a blank sheet of… — Jim Denney Copy Share Image
If I'd had more time or been a better writer, I would have tried to put the same ideas and experiences into… — Philip Greenspun Copy Share Image
Once you have the first draft it's living, and you can coax it to grow and trim it and reshape it and… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
For me, writing became a way of processing not just my own experiences, but the experiences of other people, and their pain. — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
You can write about other people and their ideas and life without having lived it, but even your perception of that is… — James Salter Copy Share Image
“So here I am with this double life, one where my grammatically incorrect writing is a nice success with tens of thousands… — Christian A. Dumais Copy Share Image
Discovery still happens in the writing. You start in nonfiction with a whole lot more going for you, because all the discovery… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
It's embarrassing to admit how many times I've reread the following: 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,' '1984,' 'Lord of the Flies,' 'The… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
I say that being a smart writer doesn't make you a good writer. There's obviously a difference between talent and intelligence. And… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
Improve writing skills: 1. Keep paragraphs short. 2. Use bold and CAPS to make points. 3. Start with a question or short… — Jeffrey Gitomer Copy Share Image
“Though I enjoy the occasional eBook from time to time, I will only stop reading books printed on paper when they pry… — H.L. Stephens Copy Share Image
Magical, yes, but THE SNOW CHILD is also satisfyingly realistic in its depiction of 1920s homestead-era Alaska and the people who settled… — Andromeda Romano-Lax Copy Share Image
“When you start writing, your incredulity at the childish, incompetent, graceless thing you've done is shattering. One of the advantages of having… — Deborah Eisenberg Copy Share Image
Most of my books have always worked through juxtaposition, jumping through different point of views and time. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
When you're writing, you're in a totally different zone... I can start a difficult poem and look up at the clock and… — Felix Dennis Copy Share Image
A dangerous book will always be in danger from those it threatens with the demand that they question their assumptions. They'd rather… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
My number one goal as a thriller writer is to entertain you. But I've got a chance to not only entertain people,… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
Another benefit is that the more I blog, the more I maintain and develop a first-person voice, which translates into a much… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or… — Langston Hughes Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is like running a marathon. Selling one is like building a castle. You gotta do it one brick at… — Charles R. Hall Copy Share Image
I like surprising myself. I don't want to do the norm, do what I'm always known to do, write how I like… — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
Everyone is so different. I sometimes wish I wrote in a different way. You know, that feeling of: So-and-so writes slowly, if… — Sharon Olds Copy Share Image
I couldn't be a novelist for instance. It feels like a very lonely endeavor. I don't know that I could survive the… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
Words are the essence of culture. Books are pure essence. They are not for women or for men, but for all of… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
I sometimes need to write things which I cannot completely control but which therefore prove that what is in me is stronger… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Only thanks to blissful ignorance, and the inspiration of my grandparents' story, did I actually believe tackling a novel would be an… — Kristina McMorris Copy Share Image
It was at this time that she entirely gave up on reading. The covers of books looked like coffins to her, either… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
My father, whose hobby was collecting secondhand cricket books, came back from a book fair one day with a copy of 'The… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Why did I write? whose sin to me unknown Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child,… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
If a book isn't teaching me something, pulling something out of me, then it will be dull for me and the reader. — Scott Spencer Copy Share Image
A Touch of Crimson explodes with passion and heat. A hot, sexy angel to die for and a gutsy heroine make for… — Cheyenne McCray Copy Share Image
“They say the content and the cover are the most important things when it comes to a book or a novel, right?… — Jimmy Tudeski Copy Share Image
It's interesting when you write something for somebody else, and then you're like, 'Oh man, I just laid my whole trip on… — LP Copy Share Image
The worst thing for a writer is to know another writer, and worse than that, to know a number of other writers.… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“She lays the book face down on her chest. Already her bedroom (no, their bedroom) feels more densely inhabited, more actual, because… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
Writers want publicity all the time, and they are always nagging their agents and publishers to give them more publicity, but, when… — Kate Thompson Copy Share Image
“BUILDING A SUCCESSFUL BRAND IS CONVINCING THE FULL BELLY THAT IT IS STILL HUNGRY AND HAS ROOM FOR MORE. BE, THE MORE… — Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier Copy Share Image
