Reading is, at its best, not an escape; it is genuine experience. A novel is not a monologue, but a conversation, a… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
I didn't want to look back in 10 or 20 years and say, 'Yes, I always wanted to write that piano sonata… — Stephen Hough Copy Share Image
“The beauty of being a bookseller is that you don't have to be a literary critic: all you have to do to… — Christopher Morley Copy Share Image
The pleasure of reading a story and wondering what will come next for the hero is a pleasure that has lasted for… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I have always been immersed in a world filled with words, earlier as a reader and now, finally, as both a reader… — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
“Good writing is like music. It has its distinctive rhythm, its pace, flow, cadence. It can be hummed. The great stylists seem… — Leonard Ray Teel Copy Share Image
Each time you write something, part of you grows. You're training your artistic muscles to find your voice. — Pen Densham Copy Share Image
For every time a loved one leaves your life two new chapters begin; Yours, and Theirs. But don't worry about the reading,… — Tyler Urann Copy Share Image
In America there is a public library in every community. How many public libraries are there in Africa? Every day there are… — George Weah Copy Share Image
“People think writing is an easy job, and in some ways it is. Flexible hours, no boss, no real structure . . . but… — Marc Levy Copy Share Image
Aim to write for an hour per day. I used to be a teacher, and an hour a day before school was… — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
I think that it's important for people to read philosophy and literature is not because I think everyone should be a well-rounded… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
A truly extraordinary work: vivid, passionate and utterly compelling. The Sound of One Hand Clapping is raw as a wound. It opens… — Niall Williams Copy Share Image
Writing a novel was like I had some Play-Doh to work with and could just keep working with it - doing a… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
But I too hate long books: the better, the worse. If they're bad they merely make me pant with the effort of… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
Writer's block to me is where you stop because you're afraid to go forward because you're not sure of what really should… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Which editor? I can't think of one editor I worked with as an editor. The various companies did have editors but we… — Joe Simon Copy Share Image
When I started writing 'A Million Little Pieces,' I felt like it was the right story with the style I had been… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I have always been reconciled to the fact that I was born a bibliomaniac, never have I sought a cure, and my… — Lawrence Clark Powell Copy Share Image
I'm interested in telling stories that add up to more than the entertainment of the story. That's what does it for me. — Bennett Miller Copy Share Image
Your business as a writer is not to illustrate virtue but to show how a fellow may move toward it or away… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
'Irma Voth' is my sixth book, but it's only the third time I've featured Mennonite settings and characters. — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
One of the great perks of being a writer is that you can work when you're mentally capable of it, not when… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Sometimes reading other writers helps. You learn some little technique that turns out to be useful, or simply are reinspired by the… — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image
At some point, my body will collapse. But I hope that my brain will still be working so that I can carry… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
I've written books that have taken me fifteen years, from first sentence to last, and some that only take three or four… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“It’s important to understand that a writer’s love for creation is only surpassed by their love of having the ability to dramatically… — Danielle Rose Copy Share Image
I don't think I've had a very interesting life, and I feel that is a great liberation. That gives me great freedom… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“Books are alive and, just like people, sometimes are welcome and sometimes shown the door and asked to come back later.” — Christopher Herz Copy Share Image
I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
The mind of the writer does indeed do something before it dies, and so does its owner, but I would be hard… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The only books that work are those which fly through the air - the ones you let happen, not make happen. — Rosemary Wells Copy Share Image
“Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
What helps change bad writing into mediocre writing is editing. Editing is in bad shape in print journalism, and is in virtually… — Robert Christgau Copy Share Image
“Rosemary, why do you love books so much?" (...) "Well, actually, I love books because books are my best friends.” — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
Libraries are where most of us really fall in love with books, where we can browse and choose on our own. Its… — Kim Boykin Copy Share Image
Read a lot. Expect something big, something exalting or deepening from a book. No book is worth reading that isn't worth re-reading. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
