“A library is a miracle. A place where you can learn just about anything, for free. A place where your mind can… — Josh Hanagarne Copy Share Image
For years, when I was popular, I would face the blank page to write, and I couldn't think of anything that I… — Leon Russell Copy Share Image
One must be just a little crazy to write a great novel. One must be capable of allowing the darkest, most ancient… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine ... before she realizes she's reading. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think reading is one of the greatest forms of magic available to us on the planet. Reading is so important. — Jim James Copy Share Image
“There’s something nice about out-and-out children’s books with no sex and a happy ending—Ransome, Streatfeild, that kind of thing.” — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.” — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“An author is free, even here in hell, if he knows that the literary agent is almighty and that he by himself… — David Duff Tom Fahy Copy Share Image
I think I'm a good writer. I think I have my own voice, which is unique to everyone - everyone has their… — Nicole Holofcener Copy Share Image
I'd go for "really great writer." Although I don't think I am. I know I have a style which is recognizable. I… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
...Something we once loved, and love now, in the shape of a book. Maybe eBooks are going to take over, one day,… — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
I can certainly be surprised by turns a story takes, but usually not once I'm actually in the writing/drawing stage. In the… — Jessica Abel Copy Share Image
The point of a library's existence is not persuasion or evangelism, but knowledge. It is irrelevant to the good library whether, as… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
“If your novel seems to be dragging, one of the first places to look is at the heart of your lead character.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always relied a lot on landscape in my books, the atmosphere of a particular place, as well as a fair amount… — Kem Nunn Copy Share Image
You have to read a lot so you know what good writing looks like and you get inspired. You have to write… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I don't write about certain arguments I have with my wife. I'd get my head torn off if wrote about certain things. — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
My resting pulse as a writer is writing idealistically and romantically; aspirationally. My taste lies in quixotic heroes. — Aaron Sorkin Copy Share Image
Everyone brings their own perceptions when reading a book about a real person. At the end they will take away whatever they… — Patricia Montandon Copy Share Image
I'm a writer! If you work in an office, it dampens you. It makes you fit a routine. The effect of being… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
It's not the writer who determines how good she is anyway. Writers don't determine that. It's readers who determine that. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
I think I'm like most novelists in that my books have gotten farther and farther away from autobiography the longer I've been… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
“And we can read - there is always the prospect of escape, through books." "Books are not a means of 'escape', Meta!… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Good writers are like magpies, attracted to shiny things and storing away treasures - pieces of dialogue and experience - which pop… — Jane Wilson-Howarth Copy Share Image
I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed. — Steve Toltz Copy Share Image
But I hang on to books. I love them. I even think they're very nice decor in a room - far better… — Norman MacCaig Copy Share Image
I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you… — Don Roff Copy Share Image
“A literary expert friend once told me that the way to teach your child to love and respect reading is not to… — Karen Karbo Copy Share Image
I write exactly what I think. If it's a raw subject, I write lots of things and then pull out all the… — FKA twigs Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in writing for adults. I like them as people! I don't like the way they publish books in that… — John Green Copy Share Image
Mankind are creatures of books, as well as of other circumstances; and such they eternally remain,--proofs, that the race is a noble… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye… — John Green Copy Share Image
I've realized that I will probably write about teenagers and that time in people's lives - I'll probably come back to it… — Charles Forsman Copy Share Image
I've always spent money on books. I've always enjoyed handling books - the size, the format. I feel very strongly about original… — Louise Wilson Copy Share Image
Everyone who works in the domain of fiction is a bit crazy. The problem is to render this craziness interesting. — Francois Truffaut Copy Share Image
The ideal view for daily writing, hour for hour, is the blank brick wall of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch… — Edna Ferber Copy Share Image
I read. I order books from the States. I literally go into bookstores, close my eyes, and take things off the shelf.… — Stanley Kubrick Copy Share Image
Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
