I never know exactly where I'm going with a story, whether it's a short story or a novel. If I did I'd… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
I think a lot of young aspiring writers get misdirected; they think 'I ought to write this, even though I enjoy reading… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Whenever you feel an impulse to perpetrate a piece of exceptionally fine writing, obey it - whole-heartedly - and delete it before… — Arthur Quiller-Couch Copy Share Image
Curiously enough, one cannot read a book; one can only reread it. A good reader, a major reader, and active and creative… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world… — Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey Copy Share Image
Reality Hunger is more than thought-provoking; it's one of the most beautiful books I've read in a long time. — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“As an author, I breathe life into each and every character within the stories that I write. But it is the reader… — Scott Borgman Copy Share Image
“All self-help authors are like babysitters. Because they have to lead and nurture us until we are mentally fit to accomplish anything… — Mwanandeke Kindembo Copy Share Image
This suspension of one's own reality, this being entirely alone in a strange city (at times I wondered if I had lost… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“I hope the reader is entertained, thrilled, terrified. Fiction is virtual reality escapism in its purest form, projected on its best most… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I remember, as a kid, I couldn't wait to get my library card, get my first book. There was a sphinx on… — Keith Hernandez Copy Share Image
“Now lend me your ears. Here is Creative Writing 101: 1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way… — Kurt Vonnegut jr Copy Share Image
I'm still writing in my old age. And still loving it. It fills my days. Writing is my salvation. I just get… — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
“You’ve got to write every day as if you were clocking in for a job. Or if not every day, then damn… — Benjamin Percy Copy Share Image
Minister and writer Barbara Kaufmann has addressed the subject of guerrilla decontextualization on both the 'Voices Compassionate Education' website and on 'Inner… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
“I think I read in at least two ways. First, by following, breathlessly, the events and the characters without stopping to notice… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
I'm sure there's some philosophy that says one of the best ways to deal with any of your problems is to take… — Christopher Paul Curtis Copy Share Image
I think most serious writers, certainly in the modern period, use their own lives or the lives of people close to them… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
“For the philosopher is right who says that nothing is thicker than a knife's blade separates happiness from melancholy” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Those of you who are ignoring my writing are doing it at your own risk. I am writing passionately for the last… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Nothing is more satisfying to me than sitting in a dank room, hunched over a single flickering candle like Ebenezer Scrooge, and… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
We are too civil to books. For a few golden sentences we will turn over and actually read a volume of four… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim." -- Linton Weeks, Washington… — Linton Weeks Copy Share Image
“How hard can writing be? After all, most of the words are going to be 'and,' 'the,' and 'I,' and 'it,' and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
A novel, even a social realist one, can't simply be a comprehensive rendering of what is. A novel requires a special angle… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“Not me, of course, as I am now officially a spinster librarian and must stay home with my cat and drink tea.” — Eleanor Brown Copy Share Image
Life is like a book. Some chapters are sad, some happy and some very exciting. But if you never turn the page,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“History is indeed stranger than fiction. The twists and turns of human history are too outlandish for to be believable in any… — A.E. Samaan Copy Share Image
I think that the more alien and strange a world or situation is, the more concise you have to be if you… — Karin Tidbeck Copy Share Image
I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
There are good writers and bad writers. It's hard to find writers who really speak to you, but the work is out… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Clothing left on the bed unfolded. Books stained with coffee spots. Tabs not paid until the last possible second. Boys kissed and… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“When a writer has deep thoughts, I expect him to also have a deep voice. And if he doesn’t, he should remain… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I can't do anything other than writing. I'm not very able, generally. If I'd not been a writer, I would probably be… — Jack Thorne Copy Share Image
“The things you're looking for...are in the world, but the only way the average chap will see ninety-nine percent of them is… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't believe novels should carry an obvious message. I don't want to write characters you can immediately say are good or… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
“Suppose you were to read an entire book each week for the next seventy years. You would read 3,640 books.” — Joe J. Christensen Copy Share Image
Once you know what it is in life that you want to do, then the world basically becomes your library. Everything you… — Kobe Bryant Copy Share Image
