“I write with the entire alphabet, not just the popular letters. Readers don't want to lose themselves in the text. They want… — Mark R. Trost Copy Share Image
“a wish is a good place to start but then you have to get off your butt and make it happen. You… — Suzanne Selfors Copy Share Image
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“I think intellectualism can be a barrier to reading. The point of a book - song, film, whatever - is to FEEL… — Matt Haig Copy Share Image
My books are the books that I am, the confused man, the negligent man, the reckless man, the lusty, obscene, boisterous, scrupulous,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
“But there is much that cannot go into books, and that is the loss with which I become increasingly concerned.” — John Williams Copy Share Image
I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
In language that is searing and lyrical, evocative and precise, this exceptional book thinks with the zombies, specters, felons, slaves, dogs, cadavers,… — Donna J. Haraway Copy Share Image
I read Gide's 'The Immoralist' over and over as a teenager. I was obsessed with it. It's written with such simplicity and… — Lawrence Osborne Copy Share Image
Killing Lincoln is a must-read historical thriller. Bill O'Reilly recounts the dramatic events of the spring of 1865 with such exhilarating immediacy… — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
“What they held was already inside me, and together we could get away. And standing over the smoldering pile of paper and… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Like many people, I had the powerful experience of being raised on Dr. Seuss, then becoming a parent and revisiting him with… — Chris Meledandri Copy Share Image
“I finally realized that I must do my schoolwork to keep from being ignorant, to get on in life, to become a… — Anne Frank Copy Share Image
“Warning: This data storage unit, or "book," has been designed to reprogram the human brain, allowing it to replicate the lost art… — Mike A. Lancaster Copy Share Image
“any one who's worth anything reads just what he likes, as the mood takes him, with extravagant enthusiasm.” — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I grew up with 'Jane Eyre,' reading it at school, and it's one of those, I think, for a lot of women,… — Sally Hawkins Copy Share Image
A crime is like a crack in reality, and it is the author's role to explore those cracks. As a writer, I… — Natsuo Kirino Copy Share Image
Yeah, because I think it's more important just to inspire people to wake up one day and pick up a book and… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
I've always disliked words like inspiration. Writing is probably like a scientist thinking about some scientific problem, or an engineer about an… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“I write to be a part of something - a world made up of words and ideas, which are sometimes painfully criticized,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The simple point is that literature belongs to the world man constructs, not to the world he sees; to his home, not… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
Try writing an entire story with only a thousand words at your disposal. It’s a terrific lesson in economy and precession. — Darynda Jones Copy Share Image
A film writer is very much like a party girl. While you're good-looking and still unlined, the possibilities seem endless. But your… — James Salter Copy Share Image
I have rewritten — often several times — every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
When I was 8, I was reading 'Gone with the Wind' and 'Pride and Prejudice' and all that, not knowing it wasn't… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room,… — Lawrence Block Copy Share Image
I think there's a general misconception that anything written quickly lacks quality, and I don't believe that. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
Of course, I've always read. I started when I was four years old and just didn't stop. I read all the time. — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You… — Judy Collins Copy Share Image
You have to be able to invest in your own creations, to suspend your own disbelief in order to be able to… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I can't tell a story just by deciding to tell a story, do it in a didactic way. I need to have… — Raoul Peck Copy Share Image
“Writing is emotional...it is baring your soul to the world and waiting for someone to acknowledge and love it, or shun and… — Anne-Rae Vasquez Copy Share Image
“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.” — WH Auden Copy Share Image
“With poetry and writing, the question isn’t “do you know the right words?”. The real question is, “can you make words from… — Jacob Nordby Copy Share Image
I suppose writing nonfiction did prepare me for writing fiction. Whenever you write anything, you're honing your skills for writing anything else. — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
“Rising numbers of children enjoy reading and are increasingly likely to read outside the classroom, a study has found.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“She sighed and looked at him sympathetically. 'Cool flame tricks aside, there's no competition.' He lifted his eyebrow. 'Library wins?' 'Every single… — Elizabeth Hunter Copy Share Image
