“A writer, an author or a poet does not write because of a public or herself. She lives by a great youth.” — Petra Hermans Copy Share Image
“Fahrenheit 451.” Lucy ran her hand across the cover. The image was bizarre; a man made of pages from a book buried… — Shelbi Wescott Copy Share Image
I think one of the most exciting things about the whole digital side of publishing is that it eventually allows you to… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“I wanted shelves for my books, and a finer chair for this desk. Of course there should be another library. What was… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
I really am enjoying writing more than ever. I feel like I'm so much more focused than I was in the early… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
I read some books that were the right books for me. I read them and I didn't even notice turning the pages… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“They like to read; for them there’s nothing more exciting than ideas. And some of this has to do with how they… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers.… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I think I work much harder on the children's books. I suppose I enjoy that. I find it interesting that although there… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In 1952, when I was 15 and living on Governors Island, which was then First Army Headquarters, I encountered the newly-published 'The… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“Stephenson summarizes his communication policy as follows: Persons who wish to interfere with my concentration are politely requested not to do so,… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having.… — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
I write about it in the book and, you know, explain that. But that was the technicality that actually got my sentence… — Jim Bakker Copy Share Image
There was a time before I felt I was a real writer, when I was a yarn spinner and I just wanted… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
If you have all the research, all the ground rules, all the directives, all the data - it doesn't mean the ad… — David Ogilvy Copy Share Image
I do first draft in longhand, which saves a lot of rewriting. I try to get a certain amount done each day.… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
I envy certain writers, because there are writers who do go into a kind of different zone, where the writing isn't controlled… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
It has no meaning, what do you use to write, the only thing that is important is: what do you write. A… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
A fluent writer always seems more talented than he is. To write well, one needs a natural felicity and an acquired difficulty. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Comic books and The Chronicles of Narnia. My mother used to read those to me and my twin brother growing up. — Shawn Ashmore Copy Share Image
It appears these days I don't have much of a life because my nose is often stuck in a book. But I… — Gary Soto Copy Share Image
The highest thing one can do in literature is to succeed in saying that thing which one meant to say. There is… — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
I don't put a lot of description in the books because I write books the way I like to read them, and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I don't see how an epigram, being a bolt from the blue, with no introduction or cue, ever gets itself writ. — William James Copy Share Image
“Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
When finished writing a post, go back and add bullets, sub heads, spacing; eliminate long paragraphs or sentences. — Michael Hyatt Copy Share Image
I'm a doctor they dont understand my writing so I stopped writing...now I'm like lightning... & u aint Vince Young so dont… — Lil Wayne Copy Share Image
When people write to me with stories, they are never ones that work for me. There's something mysterious about which ones catch… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“She was a beautiful dreamer. The kind of girl, who kept her head in the clouds, loved above the stars and left… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
“Although Dawn had not cracked a book in years, she read every inch of the three tabloid magazines to which she subscribed.… — Kathy Cooperman Copy Share Image
When I'm writing something and I'm really into it, that's all I can think about, and it becomes the most important thing… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
I am not a food critic. Or a chef. Or even a professional writer. What I am schooled in the art of,… — Jewel Staite Copy Share Image
People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Like pretty much every short story writer, I submitted to every market under the sun and hoped for the best. The rejection… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“And then when I got home I burrowed about among my books, arranging their volumes and loving the feel of them.” — Elizabeth von Arnim Copy Share Image
You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
There's a saying - "Write what you know." It's bad advice if you take it as an unbreakable rule, but good advice… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Books are savaged and careers destroyed by surly snots who write anonymous reviews and publishers can't be bothered to protest this institutionalized… — Warren Murphy Copy Share Image
![“Stephenson summarizes his communication policy as follows: Persons who wish to interfere with my concentration are politely requested not to do so, and warned that I don’t answer e-mail… lest [my communication policy’s] key message get lost in the verbiage, I will put it here succinctly: All of my…” quote by Cal Newport](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/cal-newport-1302_communication_stephenson-summarizes-his-communication_2260576.jpg)
