“Who ever said this author had an unmistakable tone? On the contrary, he is known as an author who changes greatly from… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a bit like going on location for a movie. You're absent from your life, your family, and your… — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
Without writers, none of the entertainment would exist. It starts with writers. Writers are the most important piece of the entire puzzle. — Hill Harper Copy Share Image
I probably write the same story a hundred different ways. I suppose right now I am looking for the 101st different way… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I'm not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative. — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
I wish I was the kind of writer who would go to a war zone and write about something that's meaningful and… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
Popular escapist fiction enchants adult readers without challenging them to be educated for critical consciousness. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional. — Pseudonymous Bosch Copy Share Image
Readers may be divided into four classes: 1) Sponges, who absorb all that they read and return it in nearly the same… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Suppose each of us make up a list of, say, fifty or more books that we believe should be in the library.… — Harold Sinclair Copy Share Image
“Saskia’s bedroom is messy and cramped, but in an eccentric, smart way. Books are stacked all over the floor, but her bookshelf… — Greg Baxter Copy Share Image
“A writer writes regardless... even though... notwithstanding... despite... at any rate... anyhow... nevertheless... in the face of... undeterred by... heedless of... and… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. If a writer can… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“There was something about the possession of a book that was important to me. Owning it gave me proprietary rights on the… — Georgia Bell Copy Share Image
“Eating words and listening to them rumbling in the gut is how a writer learns the acid and alkali of language. It… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Most authors writing books like 'He's Just Not That Into You' dream of doing what I was being asked to do. I… — Greg Behrendt Copy Share Image
Vereker's secret, my dear man - the general intention of his books: the string the pearls were strung on, the buried treasure,… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I have a list of titles that I leave at the [library] desk, because they are bound to be written some day,… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
I think every American kid grows up dreaming about being in the movies. That's completely normal for us. But I mostly wanted… — David Labrava Copy Share Image
Libraries are a hallmark of a civilized culture, and librarians represent that culture to all facets of society. — Janis Ian Copy Share Image
I think people are always saying things are 'over.' Fiction has been regularly 'over' since the 19th century. — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd write one book, let alone three. I'm absolutely delighted and every night, thank the good lord for spell… — Peter Kay Copy Share Image
I love anything by Deb Caletti. She's my absolute favorite young adult author. I love Ally Carter as well. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I really need so much time to really make headway on a novel that requires me to disappear from the world in… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
Whatever your favorite genre is, you can probably trace your love for it back to one single book that really moved you. — David Farland Copy Share Image
When you get some free time, write. When you get some lazy time, plan. When you get down time, world build. When… — Ace Antonio Hall Copy Share Image
“(M)ysteries in fiction are seldom as insoluble as those in life, as most writers can't resist the lure of omniscience.” — Dennis McFadden Copy Share Image
Literature exists at the same time in the modes of error and truth; it both betrays and obeys its own mode of… — Paul de Man Copy Share Image
I write from my imagination, not from what I've read in books or seen on TV or to make money. I wrote… — Dirk Benedict Copy Share Image
When you write, you take the ball and you hold it up to the light and you turn it slowly, and let… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
Our libraries are pillars in the neighborhood - providing vital services, safe spaces to gather, and connections to essential resources. — Cori Bush Copy Share Image
When I was a kid and wanted to grow up to be a writer, I assumed I would be writing about animals… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
A straight writer can write a gay novel and not worry about it, and a gay novelist can write about straight people. — Edmund White Copy Share Image
“There is nothing wrong in theorizing and hypothesizing; a writer is not an escapist, he creates a world he would love to… — Kartik Sharma Copy Share Image
“Early retirement, Dalton. Teach yourself to type with your toes and you can start writing your memoirs.” — Mark Allen Smith Copy Share Image
Sometimes I write, but once it's done, I usually find my writing to be so bad that I hide it somewhere and… — Gideon Glick Copy Share Image
I'm like, If you do something dumb, I'll write about it. If you put something out there, to me it's like you're… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
The abuse of books kills science. Believing that we know what we have read, we believe that we can dispense with learning… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window. — Burton Rascoe Copy Share Image