I would try to write my own story about some East Coast suburbanite having an affair or something like that. So I… — Donald Ray Pollock Copy Share Image
For me, books are music for my mind and my imagination. When I am stuck in something I'm writing, I simply read… — Cynthia Kadohata Copy Share Image
My fiction is a very accurate reflection of the world we live in. Certainly, in some stories, that reflection is amplified but… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
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I think the act of lying can be separated from the genre of memoir. Though often times, people are unaware of their… — Rob Roberge Copy Share Image
“Just read one book a month and at the end of they year you would be totally different but an impressive personality.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post what it feels about dogs. — Christopher Hampton Copy Share Image
Simply put, you can read a story in a single sitting and hold it all in your mind. You can experience all… — Adam Ross Copy Share Image
All the old school Young Adult novels inspired me. I grew up reading R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Richie Cusick, and so on.… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
“I lie on the floor with my head on my books and my feet up on more of my books and stare… — Ali Smith Copy Share Image
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I think we overrate experience and what we've been through in terms of our success at doing the work we do. There… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
“This is not an autobiography. It is, rather, a kind of curriculum vitae — my attempt to show how one writer was… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
If a person chooses not to be a writer, or speaker, then (by definition) the person is choosing not to be engaged… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to open one's heart,… — Alberto Moravia Copy Share Image
In fiction 'issues' are accidental, sometimes incidental. The place and the people it creates are paramount. — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
I've read all the books but one Only remains sacred: this Volume of wonders, open Always before my eyes. — Kathleen Raine Copy Share Image
I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is an important job because we bring emotion and imagination into a world filled with endless, inane chatter.” — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
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You have to want to write and like to write. Sit down at that desk or machine or laptop and tell stories. — Linda Fairstein Copy Share Image
“Digital books, like television and other media, are best meant for those Pandoras who've already opened their boxes and know what demons… — Jason Merkoski Copy Share Image
The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
Ultimately, you've got to have something to say, so a writer should continue learning things throughout life. But I don't think education… — Roger Zelazny Copy Share Image
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One of the things I constantly think about as a writer is the way in which people are full of contradictions -… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
The writing is always the easy part, provided I can get the good material. It's the getting of the good material that's… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is something I love to do, plus I get independence. It’s a great job for a woman because she… — Anne Mather Copy Share Image
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At one time if you were a black writer you had to be one of the best writers in the world to… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“it's good for you to write down your thoughts. It's therapeutic because it forces you to slow down and think about life.” — Katie Kacvinsky Copy Share Image
Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them… — Paula Danziger Copy Share Image
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Writing is the only profession where nobody considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Money is like an arm or a… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
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