I've seen the needless struggles that deaf children and deaf people face, and that gave me the impetus to write. — Rachel Shenton Copy Share Image
I wrote one called 'The No Hotel.' I got inspired in 1989 while I was on a trip down to Brazil, and… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“Most short fiction falls into one of three categories: stories of conflict, stories of decision, or stories of discovery…The story of conflict… — Nancy Sakaduski Copy Share Image
You don't market-research a novel; you really are writing it for yourself. It's a hobby, in many ways. The problem becomes what… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Intricately plotted, beautifully paced, The Music of the Spheres is an elegant historical novel rich in detail, at times Dickensian in its… — Martha Grimes Copy Share Image
“Equipment will never help you write a lot; only making a schedule and sticking to it will make you a productive writer.” — Paul J. Silvia Copy Share Image
The writer must be four people: 1) The nut, the obsede 2) The moron 3) The stylist 4) The critic. 1 supplies… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“ The following year the house was substantially remodeled, and the conservatory removed. As the walls of the now crumbling wall were… — Jamie Fuller Copy Share Image
Writing is not a job or activity. Nor do I sit at a desk writing for inspiration to strike. Writing is like… — John Marsden Copy Share Image
“There's some instinctive attraction that draws you, as a writer, to your subject. And the attraction usually has to do with some… — Judith Thurman Copy Share Image
“..:One writes better when one has suffered the most and when one has prevail. One gets it's inspiration during the process of… — Rafael Garcia Copy Share Image
When you read with your child, you show them that reading is important, but you also show them they're important - that… — Laura Bush Copy Share Image
You write about experiences partly to understand what they mean, partly not to lose them to time. To oblivion. But there's always… — Sigrid Nunez Copy Share Image
My typical morning involves some time on the treadmill, but obviously I skip that a lot. Mostly, I wake up, check my… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
A good reader or viewer is a person who is alert about her newspaper or news channel. A good reader or viewer… — Ravish Kumar Copy Share Image
“It was never about the world being too big, it was more like she was too much for the world to handle.” — robert m drake Copy Share Image
“First drafts are for learning what your novel or story is about. Revision is working with that knowledge to enlarge & enhance… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
“A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh, and motion, and a… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I don't like to use writing assignments, exercises. I think too often people get comfortable writing in that vein, but you can't… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
Just write the best you can about the things that concern you most. I never lose sight of the fact that just… — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius.… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
For an author just starting out, you've got to deliver the goods every year or sooner or people will forget you or… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Few things in life are less efficient than a group of people trying to write a sentence. The advantage of this method… — Scott Adams Copy Share Image
I don't quite know how to write what I must, But on this one page, I'll write what I trust. I trust… — Azgraybebly Josland Copy Share Image
It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think parents should know what their children are reading, and if they truly object, they should tell their kids why, rather… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
The only joy I had was writing what was. That book was. It no longer amuses me to be all the things… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
What I see in the book is an exquisite form of technology: one that doesn't require a power source and can be… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
The heart and soul of good writing is research; you should write not what you know but what you can find out… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
“I like how books let you into another world, but how it's secret. Like, when you read, the world you see is… — Clare Fisher Copy Share Image
Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances; what counts, as with all stimuli,… — Nicholas Delbanco Copy Share Image
“The best way to write is to lock yourself in a small room until you become so bored that the only thing… — Jack Freestone Copy Share Image
Literature is the adventure. It's the story, it's the fight, it's people falling in love, it's people with deep personality disorders who… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Literature is the one place in any society where, within the secrecy of our own heads, we can hear voices talking about… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
So be sure to remember that, Before making his / yourself an example of personality and honesty, tomorrow someone will write your… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“If a book has anything to say, it burns with a quiet laugh, because any book worth its salt points up and… — Bohumil Hrabal Copy Share Image
