Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
I'm a writer first and a singer second. And then I started editing my own videos when I was 17, so it's… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
There's no greater bliss in life than when the plumber eventually comes to unblock your drains. No writer can give that sort… — Victoria Glendinning Copy Share Image
When I got older I decided I wanted to be a real writer. I tried to write about real things. I wanted… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
Give the child good books, then let it alone! Don't plough and harrow its brain, or stretch it on Procrustes-beds of standardization,… — Laura E. Richards Copy Share Image
I like revising much, much better than getting down a first draft. The first draft is just getting the pieces to the… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“There is no book you can read or friend you can talk to that will make you ready for the moment when… — Sophie Oak Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is all about having something to say. And it’d better be interesting. If you don’t have anything interesting to… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
The complexion of a novelist is seldom rosy (Paul Bailey once announced to a heavy-hearted audience of novelists at PEN that we… — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be… — Chuck Jones Copy Share Image
“I'm happy when I write. I've written my first novel, my pencil is down. My last work has been written. No turning… — Missy Salick Copy Share Image
In early days, I tried not to give librarians any trouble, which was where I made my primary mistake. Librarians like to… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I've gone more than 40 years without having to use an alarm clock or go to an office. At this point, I… — Nick Tosches Copy Share Image
A library is many things, but particularly it is a place where books live, and where you can get in touch with… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be… — Robert Cormier Copy Share Image
I always individuate myself from other writers who say they would die if they couldn't write. For me, I'd die if I… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“To write an excellent novel, make the outcome of the story matter to the reader through the evolving relationships between well-designed characters.” — Martin Sandforth Copy Share Image
The writer labors in isolation, yet all that intensive, lonely work is in the service of communicating, is an attempt to reach… — Betsy Lerner Copy Share Image
The thing is, I've always written things not knowing if it was ever going to get put on stage, and it would… — Celine Song Copy Share Image
Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When you're a writer, if you're very lucky, you create these characters that you fall in love with, and you feel like… — Janet Varney Copy Share Image
I know a lot of writers who tell me they 'always' knew how to read. They can't remember a time before reading.… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
It was among the ruins of the capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
People think you have to go through something to write about it, and you absolutely do not. You can write about, like,… — Billie Eilish Copy Share Image
“the Times reported last week that reading literary fiction increases one’s empathy and emotional intelligence.” — Kelly Luce Copy Share Image
A HUMAN ELEMENT is an elegant and haunting first novel. Unrelenting, devious but full of heart. Highly recommended. — Jonathan Maberry Copy Share Image
Life is like a book. Some are sad, some are happy, and some exciting. But if we never turn the page, we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How to start new novel: stare at blank doc, get coffee, stare, check facebook, stare, crack knuckles, stare, tweet, you get the… — Mary C. Moore Copy Share Image
Students do everything on laptops these days, so I definitely think electronic books are a trend that's going to expand. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
I remember in my early 20s when I felt I couldn't live past 30. I was learning how to write. I had… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Power, for the writer…lies in his ability to reveal if only a little bit more about the complexity of humanity. — Ralph Ellison Copy Share Image
When I started the 'Broken Empire' trilogy, I thought it was a short story, and I didn't know the beginning, middle, or… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Some leaned back in their hammocks overlooking Eden, while reading Harry Potter book twenty-three – you don’t have those on Earth, I… — Cameron Jace Copy Share Image
Susan Bordo’s Unbearable Weight is a masterpiece of complex an nuanced thinking not only about a significant problem that faces women but… — Susan Griffin Copy Share Image
For a true writer each book should be a new beginning, where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“I now understand that writing fiction was a seed planted in my soul, though I would not be ready to grow that… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
Now, past middle age, with so many books written I still care about and only a few still in print, I know… — Richard Elman Copy Share Image
When I started writing comics, 'comics writer' was the most obscure job in the world! If I wanted to be a celebrity,… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Bad writing is like a bad relationship. Don't be addicted to it just because you are familiar with its ways. Let go. — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
