Reading and writing... are exciting. The most exciting things I can think of. And now, as I reflect... I have to say… — Clive James Copy Share Image
“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Once you've got a child to the point that they've discovered books, they're safe. There's a world of the imagination that when… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Don't be discouraged if you think you're not a great writer because terrible writers are successful in Hollywood — David Seltzer Copy Share Image
Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“That night I sat up writing in my diary writing to Big Me: 'I hope you are alive ' I wrote. 'I… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
“Writing is both an act of power and surrender. Passion and discovery. It is a tug at your soul that continues to… — Laraine Herring Copy Share Image
Fascinating, often hilarious, always devastatingly truthful, The Inconvenient Indian is destined to become a classic of historical narrative. For those who wish… — Joseph Boyden Copy Share Image
I never read the "Bobbsey Twins" or "Boxcar Children."But I did remember being downtown, at the bookstore by myself and having an… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of… — Donald Harington Copy Share Image
I always credited my mother with inspiring me to be a writer because she was such a passionate reader. She read poetry… — Judith Viorst Copy Share Image
People are very frightened in publishing at the moment. Nobody knows what sells. More so now because the market's changing so fundamentally… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
“...I reach for the book on my nightstand instead. Immersed in the story of a guy and a girl so entwined, so… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
I write in the mornings. I get up every morning at about six in the morning and write until nine, hop in… — John Searles Copy Share Image
William Faulkner was the master of what one must do to be serious. But I don't understand why people haven't moved forward… — Douglas A. Martin Copy Share Image
Just as you can practice three-word sentences or sentences that travel across time zones, so can you practice writing sentences that breathe… — Stanley Fish Copy Share Image
One of the best descriptions of the type of writer I am was given by Tom Paulin, who described himself as a… — Seamus Heaney Copy Share Image
The etiquette of blurbs means it's not hard to not blurb something (if it's not by a friend, or student): everyone knows… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
I used to be an obsessive outliner - figuring that writing without an outline was like jumping off a cliff and building… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
Every fictioneer re-invents the world because the facts, things or people of the received world are unacceptable. — Geoffrey Wolff Copy Share Image
In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity. — James Scott Bell Copy Share Image
I have to admit that I am really partial to the look and feel of a book. I have been that way… — Al Seckel Copy Share Image
“Paranormal suspense and romance together in one non-stop rollercoaster of passion and adventure. - Love Romance Passion” — Terry Spear Copy Share Image
“Trying to achieve an error-free manuscript is almost like trying to fly to the moon on a paper airplane.” — Jon Michael Riley Copy Share Image
If you've really loved a book, or a movie for that matter, really loved it, what you want is that same book… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways.… — Victoria Connelly Copy Share Image
There are many books that I love dearly, and I've seen many televised or film recreations that I just haven't thought were… — Essie Davis Copy Share Image
Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as… — Anne McCaffrey Copy Share Image
“Writing is like surfing on a wild sea, in the middle of a moonless night, in a hailstorm, on a deserted island.… — Heena Rathore P Copy Share Image
Perhaps the greatest reading pleasure has an element of self-annihilation. To be so engrossed that you barely know you exist. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“Every real reader must read Tolstoy and the Purple Chair: the whole of his/her life of reading will change its meaning.” — Paolo Milani Copy Share Image
“I did not have an unlimited library to choose from on Robben Island. We had access to many unremembered mysteries and detective… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
I've tried digital planners and fancy planners and date books galore, but my tried and true is actually just a large spiral-bound… — Rachel Hollis Copy Share Image
I have no ghost writers. I personally write every message and every piece of published mail. I have no ghost writers. — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
I just want to be told a story, and I want to believe I'm living that story, and I don't give a… — Anne Tyler Copy Share Image
A writer must have all the confidence in the world when writing the first draft and none whatsoever when editing subsequent drafts. — T. Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“If you opened the dictionary and searched for the meaning of a Goddess, you would find the reflection of a dancing lady.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
“Like a father with his daughter, the writist plays peek-a-boo with the world. His aim is to evoke that sweet smile, the… — D.A. Botta Copy Share Image
I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning. Who ever thought I'd be a children's author - let alone… — Brian Jacques Copy Share Image
