“In a short story by Chekhov or a novel by Balzac he found mysteries which, so far as he was aware, did… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture… — Margaret Mahy Copy Share Image
Writing is about bringing something from inside you that you're trying to say, and not just trying to say something to please… — Eric Carmen Copy Share Image
Everything I write is based on something I've personally experienced, or things that my friends have experienced that I just find horribly… — Kesha Copy Share Image
“I do not use my intellect to write my stories and books; I have a gut reaction to the things that my… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Spray a book with insect spray, drop it in a bag, add some mothballs and seal it. Put it in another bag… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
I love writing, but I have that E. E. Cummings idea that as long as you stay inside the rules of your… — Pete Wentz Copy Share Image
The most interesting thing about writing is the way that it obliterates time. Three hours seem like three minutes. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
“The name of the book was The Big Board. He got a few paragraphs into it, and then he realized that he… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Mrs. Grancy acquired the charm which makes some women's faces like a book of which the last page is never turned. There… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“Another mistake is presenting too much background information, and doing so in the first few pages. Writers should begin their stories with… — Evan Marshall Copy Share Image
Holden Caulfield is the embodiment of what we mean by the phrase “young adult” – too young to be a grown-up, but… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I had this story that had been banging around in my head and I thought, 'I'll just see if there's anything there.'… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Good writing and dark wit always excite me and they come together thrillingly in this book. It has a quiet grip on… — Jenny Diski Copy Share Image
I think when you've had success, publishers and reviewers and readers are willing to let you try something new if you've already… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Then you develop a kind of critical sense about what you write. You can tell when something is good, but it would… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
There are some things that are more appropriate to a children's than an adult book but there's a huge overlapping area and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Tennessee Williams is an incredible writer for women because, in many ways, his women characters are him. He writes so passionately. — Laila Robins Copy Share Image
You'd only write what you know and what you know is what you do and the people you know. So you'd write… — Carl Reiner Copy Share Image
Writers have opinions - that, in part, is why they write. Therefore they have strong likes and dislikes. — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. — Len Deighton Copy Share Image
I definitely want to write some fiction, for sure. I already have half of the next book. I already have it all… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very… — Denise Duhamel Copy Share Image
Periods of rapid and fundamental change were never favourable for literature. Significant works, have nearly always and everywhere been created in periods… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
I think you write only out of a great trouble. A trouble of excitement, a trouble of enlargement, a trouble of displacement… — Eleanor Clark Copy Share Image
The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
“We loved all the words in your manuscript, but we were wondering if you could maybe put them in a completely different… — Dave Coverly Copy Share Image
If I'd stayed on in London and carried on going to literary parties, it would have wrecked me as a writer. — Colin Wilson Copy Share Image
I'd gone through the ups and downs and curveballs that life throws at you. I found writing to be very therapeutic and… — Jill Hennessy Copy Share Image
One handy piece of equipment, which I recommend to any writer of fiction, is a set of Myriorama cards. I consult them… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I think it's easy to get a book in a bookstore. I think it's just damn near impossible to get a book… — Larry Winget Copy Share Image
I always want to try to bring something fresh to every book. It's getting harder instead of easier. I feel like I… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
“[About John Updike's Rabbit Run] The author fails to convince us that his puppets are interesting in themselves, or that their plight… — Chicago Tribune Copy Share Image
As a child, a library card takes you to exotic, faraway places. When you're grown up, a credit card does it. — Sam Ewing Copy Share Image
When I feel I'm going to write something, then I just am quiet and I try to listen. Then something comes through.… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
I write a book over a period of months or years, and when I'm done with it, usually another year goes by… — Margaret Haddix Copy Share Image
Yes, for all of us in the Shakespeare Squadron, writing is just that: not an escape from reality, but an attempt to… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You… — P.B. Kerr Copy Share Image
As for how I feel about any success I've had, I just feel extremely lucky. Writing is a tough racket, and there… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
“Readers are of two sorts: one who goes carefully through a book, and the other who as carefully lets the book go… — Douglas Jerrold Copy Share Image
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