“Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.” — William Zinsser Copy Share Image
“A book is a machine to think with, but it need not, therefore, usurp the functions either of the bellows or the… — Ivor A. Richards Copy Share Image
The cool thing about being a songwriter, or a writer, I guess, in general, you can take on a lot of different… — Amos Lee Copy Share Image
Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance… — Walter Kaufmann Copy Share Image
“Writers are made -- forged, really, in a kiln of their own madness and insecurities -- over the course of many, many… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
“Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.” — Graeme Roberts Copy Share Image
Whenever you're trying to do your own take on a classic piece of literature, it's almost like you're trying to swim up… — Joel Edgerton Copy Share Image
Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform. — Carl Bereiter Copy Share Image
The problems that other writers encounter are so fascinating to me as a writer and as a thinker about writing. I have… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
Oh yeah - you have to write every day. Or every weekday. Because writing is a job. It's not eureka moments over… — Tim Schafer Copy Share Image
I'm not a very savvy operator - it's not who I am, it's not what I do - and so I have… — Charles D'Ambrosio Copy Share Image
“As may be seen, there is only one sensible piece of advice to give to those who find themselves having to talk… — Pierre Bayard Copy Share Image
The last thing in the world I want to do is write something in memory of Walter Mischel. I still can't quite… — Maria Konnikova Copy Share Image
In America they have to know just what you are-- novelist, poet, playwright... Well, I've been all of them... I think poems… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
“I used to think rewatching and rereading were embarrassingly boring pastimes. But there is something to be said for how comforting it… — Emery Lord Copy Share Image
Some of this book—perhaps too much—has been about how I learned to do it. Much of it has been about how you… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I've grown more and more appreciative of good writing, and I now really hope I can become a better and better writer. — James Lapine Copy Share Image
Just as the light and weightless vegetation of saltpeter floats over the old walls of houses as soon as the owner gets… — Federico Garcia Lorca Copy Share Image
I had experiences along the way that helped me to realize that letting go was the way that worked for me to… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
I am looking for the novelists whose writing is an extension of their intellect rather than an extension of their neurosis. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Day lets her imagination free with an urban adventure that is not only fast-paced, but also erotic and addictive. [on Eve of… — Sasha White Copy Share Image
“Fiction is an urgent business. It is the Dying Us telling stories to the Dying Us, trying to crack the nonsense in… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I didn't think being a writer was a fancy thing. It was a job like any other job, except apparently you could… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
Everyone who has ever written will have discovered that writing always awakens something which, though it lay within us, we failed clearly… — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
When I was a teenager I decided I was going to be a writer and that nothing was going to stop me.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“It's in those quiet little towns, at the edge of the world, that you will find the salt of the earth people… — Aaron Lauritsen Copy Share Image
“During these three months I have gone through much; I mean, I have gone through much in myself; and now there are… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Children's books are written for upbringing...but upbringing is a great thing; it decides the fate of the human being. — Vissarion Belinsky Copy Share Image
If you feel yourself to be a full member in the world, you probably won't turn to writing, because other methods of… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
Everything is always a story, but the loveliest ones are those that get written and are not torn up and are taken… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because… — Nathalie Sarraute Copy Share Image
I don't yet know what style will be required for my next novel, but my sense is that each book will involve… — Vivek Shraya Copy Share Image
The most important thing whenever we're connecting kids to books, is that we try to match the book to the kid and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I better make the plot good. I wanted to make it grip people on the first page and have a big turning… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I devoted myself to writing for years without representation or a promise of anything. And there were times when I felt quite… — Geoffrey S. Fletcher Copy Share Image
A story in your head isn't a story. It's just a daydream until you actually write it down. So write it down. — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
Part of the writer's task is to recognize what he's done, then dive back in and make the connections clearer. I'm a… — David Lubar Copy Share Image
“Writers that are pouring their soul out for the world to see, will cast a perfect reflection of themselves in their work.” — Jason E. Hodges Copy Share Image
I've always found that the best things I've ever written, or the things I like the most that I've written, are things… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
“Writing is my own personal therapy. It's cheaper than a real shrink and I get to kill people off when I grow… — Jack Tate Copy Share Image
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