“An author who does not support his or her characters does not deserve the support of readers. EVER!” — Johanna Oznowicz Copy Share Image
I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character. — Alfred Hitchcock Copy Share Image
“I love the coffee shops and reading rooms where one can sit and talk or browse forever. I” — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
It is neither the best nor the worst things in a book that defy translation. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I think 90% of my ideas evaporate because I have a terrible memory and because I seem to be committed to not… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Who am I? I'm just a writer. I write things down. I walk through your dreams and invent the future. Sure, I… — Richard Siken Copy Share Image
I just downloaded '1984' for my iPod, but I've read that before. It just hearkens back to the 'romance' of my high-school… — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know,… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Bad writing is bad not just because the language is humdrum, but the quality of the observation is so poor. — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
've had notebooks, but they are nondescript. All I care about is that they fit in my hand. I scribble down ideas.… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I never intended to be a professional writer; as the story developed, the one thing I had in my hopes was that… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Sometimes I read the same books over and over and over. What's great about books is that the stuff inside doesn't change.… — Kathryn Erskine Copy Share Image
I tend to gravitate toward the "act two," or "act three," or "act four" stories - either things that are underreported, where… — Sarah Stillman Copy Share Image
“I have tried to outline, but all that seems to guarantee is that the book will not much resemble the outline, so… — Daniel Woodrell Copy Share Image
My own disposition is to trust the reader. Of course, there's a line between trusting the reader and expecting her to read… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
Books have always been my home. I ransacked the library regularly from the time we moved to the States. I read on… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
“We never read the full explanatory surroundings of marvelously exciting things when we have no occasion to suppose that some irresponsible scribbler… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it to be. Response to it is… — Vance Palmer Copy Share Image
I studied English literature at university, but for some reason we only spent one week on [Charles] Dickens, so I remember just… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
![“I studied English literature at university, but for some reason we only spent one week on [Charles] Dickens, so I remember just trying to find the shortest book that I could find. I was like, "'Hard Times,' really great - it's short, that'll do it."” quote by Felicity Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/felicity-jones-2070_book_i-studied-english-literature-at-universi_553585.jpg)
