I've never really understood that whole thing of writers avoiding other writers' novels while they're working on their own. — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
“It is our hope that writing releases us. Instead maybe it deepens the echo. We call out to our past and the… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
Life is like a novel and every day is a new page so… if 1 page is sad next will be happy.so… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think I got serious about writing in the late '90s. The first stuff I wrote was terrible and got rejected, but… — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
Writing is a very lonely occupation. To write you need to concentrate, to concentrate you need to lock yourself away. No distractions;… — Vikas Swarup Copy Share Image
Librarians are not just gatekeepers to knowledge, they are what the American Indians used to call their special sages who preserved the… — James H. Billington Copy Share Image
“I would rather be a librarian, but I worry about the job security. Books may be temporary; dicks are forever.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
Graveyards are filled with books that were never written, songs that were never sung, words that were never spoken, things that were… — Mark Victor Hansen Copy Share Image
The free access to information is not a privilege, but a necessity for any free society. One of my favorite things to… — Ed Asner Copy Share Image
In a democracy in the 20th and 21st century, if you can't base your fiction upon ordinary people and the issues that… — John Updike Copy Share Image
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I believe we should spend less time worrying about the quantity of books children read and more time introducing them to quality… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
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[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“Sensory experience should not be draped on top of the story as sort of a last-minute decoration. Done right, it is woven… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
Through reading, I escaped the bad parts of my life in the South Bronx. And, through books, I got to travel the… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Libraries are the center of our lives. There's no use going to a university if you don't live at the library. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I think that I've always written about things that are very personal, but initially, I coded everything. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Most writers want to share their essay or book much too quickly. Those who accept the pain of hard work and revising… — Lee Gutkind Copy Share Image
“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
When an older writer tries to tell a younger writer through a review what kind of career she should be pursuing, it… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I always really loved Russian literature, and I think Tolstoy's writing is full of a sense of melancholy and humanity, so it… — Tuppence Middleton Copy Share Image
I have a bad habit of picking up books about drugs, but that's better than having a drug habit, I think. — Andrew VanWyngarden Copy Share Image
I think every writer doubts themselves, every day. You procrastinate because you're afraid. You're always afraid it's not going to be as… — Geoff Johns Copy Share Image
I don't know where the idea originated that memoir writing is cathartic. For me, it's always felt like playing my own neurosurgeon,… — Koren Zailckas Copy Share Image
“Reading manuscripts was the exact opposite of reading for grad school: it was pure instinct, with some emotion and intelligence thrown in.” — Joanna Rakoff Copy Share Image
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“I have never thought of writing as a profession. It is a solitary independent activity in which practice can never bestow seniority.” — John Berger Copy Share Image
I really try to write every day. It's hard, but it's my favorite thing to do, so it's usually not too, too… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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I don't travel and tell stories, because that's not the way these days. But I write my books to be read aloud,… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
The more work you put in on your outline and getting the skeleton of your story right, the easier the process is… — Drew Goddard Copy Share Image
“writing is perilous, as you can’t always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written.” — Jojo Moyes Copy Share Image
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“Okay, let's say that a metamove or metagesture is when the author intentionally draws attention to a work's genre, its very existence… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
The novel is about, for me, sustained and organized looking. I do think that people have a hunger for a sustained engagement,… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
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![“[Writing is like fishing]. You don't bow because you made the fish. That's the difference. If you know that, then you bow for your labor.You crafted, you worked, you put in those hours so that you could catch that fish. But you didn't make that fish. You just caught the fish. That will help you…” quote by Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/435/sandra-cisneros-862_bows_writing-is-like-fishing-you-don-t-bow-be_3194134.jpg)
