“In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.” — Linton Weeks Copy Share Image
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My writing is done in railroad yards while waiting for a freight, in the fields while waiting for a truck, and at… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Fiction doesn’t tell us something we don’t know, it tells us something we know but don’t know that we know. — Walker Percy Copy Share Image
I feel as if I'm clearly part of a trend among writers who take themselves seriously - and I confess to taking… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
There's nothing wrong with reading a book you love over and over. When you do, the words get inside you, become a… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
“Some books had shiny pages that showed paintings of landscapes unlike anything Matty had ever seen, or of people costumed in odd… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Now writing is just working your way toward the border that the innermost secret draws around itself, and to cross that line… — Christa Wolf Copy Share Image
“I think there are two types of writers, the architects and the gardeners. The architects plan everything ahead of time, like an… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I had been working hard at my book; it was one of those rare days of authorship when everything seemed to go… — Gavin Maxwell Copy Share Image
Writing about someone well known removes that obligation of defending it as a subject, but it also means that some of the… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
A memoir is not an autobiography. It's a true story told as a novel, using techniques of novelization. The author is allowed… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
“I always get muscle aches in my eyes after a few hours of reading," she said. "Doesn't matter what. The closeness does… — Ryan Knighton Copy Share Image
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I worked on my book for about seven years and I had no idea it would be so timely when it was… — T. J. Stiles Copy Share Image
“Writing is a little bit like prostitution. First you do it for love. Then you do it for a few friends. Then… — Molière Copy Share Image
This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a… — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
Writing is a craft and, like all craft, proceeds by stages: conception, material selection, rough shaping, detailed shaping, sanding and finishing. — Richard Rhodes Copy Share Image
I don't read my books, so I don't allow myself the dangerous luxury of toying with the idea of doing things differently. — Neel Mukherjee Copy Share Image
Any Canadian looking in the bathroom mirror is sure to recognize one of Guy Vanderhaeghe's people. Man Descending is the startling debut… — Rudy Wiebe Copy Share Image
I'm not a compulsive writer. I wish I could be compulsive about something. I have no regular writing routine. — Cynthia Voigt Copy Share Image
Books are made not like children but like pyramids and they're just as useless! And they stay in the desert! Jackals piss… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
“I think people need hope when times are tough. I think they also need escape and adventure and fantasy. Books are like… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
“Writing- the profession in which you stare at a computer screen, stare out the window, type a few words, then curse repeatedly.” — Drew Goodman Copy Share Image
A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
If I'm reading a book and it seems truly interesting, I tend to start reading back to front in order not to… — David Shields Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I think writing is a mixture of craft, inspiration, and being incredibly, courageously explorative with yourself - and being brutally honest,… — Philip Seymour Hoffman Copy Share Image
I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
Well-written novels make you more empathetic towards other people. You can identify with someone who isn't you. You can change your identity.… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“It seemed to him that anyone with any trouble at all eventually found his way to a city library, and the really… — M.E. Kerr Copy Share Image
We have so many talented writers. Companies need to understand that smaller writers also need to be supported. — Nicola Roberts Copy Share Image
It's real easy for me to write a lot of stories. I just go and I live through something, and I go… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
Like many readers, I am continually in search of books that allow me to lose myself in an entirely unique universe. — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
But so many books thou readest, But so many schemes thou breedest, But so many wishes feedest, That thy poor head almost… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
I think that if the novel's task is to describe where we find ourselves and how we live now, the novelist must… — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
If the atmosphere is to be foreboding, you must forebode on every page. If it is to be cold, you must chill,… — Jerome Stern Copy Share Image
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I love massive books: books so big, like bricks, you could drown yourself in a pool with them if you're not careful. — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
