however many resolutions one makes, one's pen, like water, always finds its own level, and one can't write in any way other… — Vita Sackville-West Copy Share Image
“So I "feckup" words sometimes...I write in a colloquial style, so did Mark Twain. Seems I'm in pretty good company.” — Emma Paul Copy Share Image
What I really, really love is writing. If I can just write and make a really nice living out of that, why… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write, I don't have any real goals except to follow one good sentence with another... I'm not… — Melissa Bank Copy Share Image
Starting a new novel is a little like starting a new relationship - you have to be prepared to commit for at… — Tobsha Learner Copy Share Image
The Voice of the River is a beautifully written, deeply inclusive and profoundly spirtual work of art. I am moved by its… — Carole Maso Copy Share Image
I read 'The First Bad Man' by Miranda July, and I just thought, 'Oh my God, I'll never be this good. That… — Jenny Mollen Copy Share Image
There were points in my career where I thought, 'Maybe I'm done. Maybe I've written everything there is to write.' Now I've… — Sylvia Day Copy Share Image
'Seize the Story' takes readers all the way through the process of writing fiction, from beginning to end. Every element, from dialogue… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
A writer's problem does not change. He himself changes and the world he lives in changes but his problem remains the same.… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Every year, more than 120,000 new books are published in Britain, creating millions of volumes that will never be opened, let alone… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to… — Nelson Algren Copy Share Image
When I needed an e-book formatted fast and formatted perfectly, Polgarus Studio came through for me. My expectations were exceeded. It's a… — Hugh Howey Copy Share Image
If the parents are too busy to read, it's a safe bet the children will feel the same way. Set aside time… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
“I like to read and write because it is the ONLY thing that takes my mind off of the real world and… — Shandy L. Kurth Copy Share Image
“This novel was in a sense developed in stages. First published as a series in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1887 as Sara… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door… — Martin Buber Copy Share Image
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I no longer protect myself from the world I grew up in. Rather, today I try to protect the feelings I have… — Elena Ferrante Copy Share Image
I went away in my head, into a book. That was where I went whenever real life was too hard or too… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
When you're writing, your mind has a place where the stories happen. With one word, you can get the idea of where… — Luis Negron Copy Share Image
“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Burning books is not as horrible as burning people, because books, contrary to men, are not unique and ideas are fireproof!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
Yes, the stories are dangerous, she was right. A book is a magic carpet that flies you off elsewhere. A book is… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
If I wrote down all the things I imagined that would happen in my life, I would've been an amazing author.. — Sachithra Copy Share Image
“Mr. Mac, the most practical thing that you ever did in your life would be to shut yourself up for three months… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle, or as it were, fondle them...let them be your friends.” — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I get absolutely ruthless in my own way about not doing anything else when I am trying to concentrate on writing a… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
I am a story-teller working with a craft. My job is to use my craft - which is a different thing to… — Gavin Hood Copy Share Image
Behind the story I tell is the one I don't...Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
When I started writing it was kind of hard getting people to do my stuff. They' say they couldn't do my style. — Otis Blackwell Copy Share Image
Experience as much as you can and absorb a lot of reality. Otherwise, your writing will have the force of a Wiffle… — George Meyer Copy Share Image
My advice to authors would be to try to do something original rather than to try to anticipate what the market is… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
I feel acutely aware of how young I am. In a way that is good. It's productive. It makes me realise that… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The number of mystery and horror writers I've met who are just the sanest and the nicest people... it's crazy. Maybe it's… — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
I’m asking the questions tonight.” One day I was going to write a book: How to Dictate to a Dictator and Evade… — Karen Marie Moning Copy Share Image
I think the path to becoming a writer has become more through the novel. It's easier to get a novel published than… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I feel like a divorced wife once my book is published and has left me, and hate to be brought back into… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
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