I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison. — Jeffrey Archer Copy Share Image
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I've always found that working through ideas in written form really changes the thinking. — Scott D. Anthony Copy Share Image
“The problem with ebooks is you can’t get booger smears on the pages.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I write essays first because I have a passionate relationship to the subject and second because the subject is one that people… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
A 3K word story might well be done in some caffeine-and-nicotine-fuelled 36 hour session, and at the end of it, there'll be… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
I don't believe in writer's block, writing well is very easy; it's writing horribly, the horrible work necessary to do to get… — Dean Young Copy Share Image
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Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
A writer is not different from a reader, in that the common ragbag of orthodoxies and assumptions is what a poet has… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
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I like to joke that you usually write more books before death than after death, so that's why I'm doing it. But… — T.C. Boyle Copy Share Image
Write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount. You have to write so much that you don't mind throwing away and… — Josh Lieb Copy Share Image
“Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (November 11 [O.S. October 30] 1821 – February 9 [O.S. January 28] 1881) is considered one of two greatest… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
I work continuously within the shadow of failure. For every novel that makes it to my publisher's desk, there are at least… — Gail Godwin Copy Share Image
I... recommend to every one of my Readers, the keeping a Journal of their Lives for one Week, and setting down punctually… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
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