I've rejected certain books, then gone back later and loved them. — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too. — Kate Morton Copy Share Image
For me, a memoir is nonfiction and nonfiction has to be absolutely true. — Akhil Sharma Copy Share Image
I think writing is such a great talent, and if I was better, I would love to be a writer. — Shiloh Fernandez Copy Share Image
Writing is hard work, but a lot of fun, too. It allows me to live out some of my fantasies. — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
“I'm Margarita Staples." She bowed in her harness. "Extreme librarian. Bookaneer.” — China Miéville Copy Share Image
Writing is about a blank piece of paper and leaving out what’s not supposed to be there. — John Prine Copy Share Image
The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
When I was 23 I started writing for I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and was paid three guineas for every minute's airtime. — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
I think that writers have natural canvases, and my canvas, even in short stories, often seems to be the scope of a… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
It may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
I try to write short novels and leave details out not because I want to be minimalist, but because I think that… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
I go into Daunt Books in Marylebone every couple of weeks. My wife Sara demolishes books, but I only buy stuff occasionally.… — Noel Gallagher Copy Share Image
Ultimately, you can only ever write what you know. It's logically and philosophically impossible to write what you don't know. — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“Situations and people are a lot like books. Always take time to read them, pause, and then read again. Make sure you… — Matthew Wilson Copy Share Image
Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them,… — Richard de Bury Copy Share Image
“Then, idly scratching his nose, he walks to the bookcase in the living room and stoops before a set of drab brown… — T.E.D. Klein Copy Share Image
Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The listeners who buy books after a reading multiply that reading; the author who realizes that he or she may be writing… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“Of course, the writer can impose control; It's just a really shitty idea. Writing controlled fiction is called "plotting." Buckling your seatbelt… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“What the hell do you have on?” Emily looked down at her ensemble. “I have done something wrong, haven't I?” “Did Tinker… — Bella Street Copy Share Image
I wrote to find beauty and purpose, to know that love is possible and lasting and real, to see day lilies and… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“[N]o such thing as objective writing, . . . every inscription, every traveler's tale, every news account, every piece of technical writing,… — Sue Hubbell Copy Share Image
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