Writing saved me from the sin and inconvenience of violence - as it saves most writers who live in 'interesting' oppressive times… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The truth is that 'Twilight' is not a story about Bella and Jacob. It's a story about Bella and Edward. That was… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
For me, writing is fun. The day I quit my job and take up writing full time, writing will become just another… — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and make you feel so deeply? — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I'd written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12. — Mick Garris Copy Share Image
“For he would rather have at his bed's head Some twenty books, all bound in black and red, Of Aristotle and his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes even your favourite authors can let you down. However don't let them down by holding this against them.” — Dave Gibson Copy Share Image
It's not necessary to have read everything about a particular subject in order to get interested in it. The main thing is… — Francois Englert Copy Share Image
“There are books for when you’re bored. Plenty of them. There are books for when you’re calm. The best kind, in my… — Roberto Bolaño Copy Share Image
For a very long time, I wrote a book a year, and was eager and willing to do it, to put bread… — Jan Karon Copy Share Image
Children's book writers tend to feel quite superior, and adult writers tend to feel they wouldn't know how to write a children's… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a computer in… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
You go out into the world, you read everything you can read, you imitate the things you love, and you learn how… — Russell Banks Copy Share Image
Of all literary exercitations, whether designed for the use or entertainment of the world, there are none of so much importance, or… — William Warburton Copy Share Image
“My parents, and librarians along the way, taught me about the space between words; about the margins, where so many juicy moments… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“That’s what books do. They are the building blocks, the DNA, if you will, of you. Think of everything you have ever… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
Before I came to England, my favorite authors were P. G. Wodehouse and Agatha Christie. I used to devour both. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
All writers are discontent. That's because they're aware of a potential and believe they're not reaching it. — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
“I sat at her desk and turned one page after another, staring at what looked like bits and pieces of black lace… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
I have to believe everything I write is brand new and I'm writing in this way about these people in a completely… — Kit Reed Copy Share Image
I write a thousand words a day, and I always stop in the middle of a scene or thought, and it makes… — Peter Heller Copy Share Image
“And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to… — Adam Houge Copy Share Image
The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It's not the events of my life that I mine, but the emotional experiences I've… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
“Maybe more of us should have plots. Let's take them out of books and put them back in life where they belong.” — Jennifer Ball Copy Share Image
My novels aren't really generated by a single conceptual spark; it's more a process of many different elements that come together unexpectedly… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people… — Ed Bradley Copy Share Image
I have this belief that if you have an idea, and you have to write it down to remember it, then it… — Tino Sehgal Copy Share Image
I started as a writer for magazines, and soon they asked me to illustrate my stories. I started from the bottom of… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
You can't say, I won't write today because that excuse will extend into several days, then several months, then... you are not… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time… — Rose Tremain Copy Share Image
I believe that, when [meeting of writer and reader] happens and the reader goes out into the world the next day, there's… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“they do have these things called bookstores there. I've heard tell that if you give them money, they let you leave with… — Lauren Morrill Copy Share Image
Playwriting is an oral art; it's not an art of a writer expecting to be read but a writer expecting to be… — Arthur Miller Copy Share Image
I loved to write; in my late teens I had a 'zine. But it wasn't until I went back to school, later… — Sonja Sohn Copy Share Image
I am not opposed to e-readers. Any technology that encourages the reading of literature is a good thing. — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Libraries function as crucial technology hubs, not merely for free Web access, but for those who need computer training and assistance. Library… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Productivity is a relative matter. And it's really insignificant: What is ultimately important is a writer's strongest books. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Dissecting a book was the same as making sense of life. You have to find a way to interpret life, or you'll… — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
“The irony of writing is that it's a solitary profession in which the lone writer tries to address universal human concerns.” — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
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