My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
I like the job I have, but if I had to live my life over again, I would like to have ended… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you… — Jerry Spinelli Copy Share Image
“In my stories, I wrote Malcolm as fire and gold and power, but here in my arms, Colin is cedar, silver, and… — Jacqueline E. Smith Copy Share Image
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
My books are better thought about than read. They're insanely dull and unreadable.But they're wonderful to talk about and think about, to… — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
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When I take up a book I have read before, I know what to expect; the satisfaction is not lessened by being… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
So this is why I write. Because most times, your life isn’t funny the first time through. Most times, you can hardly… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Witing is essentially interior work, and many writers are interior personalities. Having a job forces you out of the world of your… — Hanya Yanagihara Copy Share Image
The act of writing means you wish to communicate. Whether you're writing a memoir for yourself you put in a drawer, or… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
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We all often feel like we are pulling teeth, even those writers whose prose ends up being the most natural and fluid.… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
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When I was a kid, it never occurred to me that human beings wrote books. It was a kind of cognitive dissonance… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
In real life, writers tend to be quite boring, but in our books, we're having exciting adventures all the time. — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
I've got a bunch of books... I rely on funny books and movies to cheer me up. Oh, but I must say,… — Wendi McLendon-Covey Copy Share Image
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“I think she was in a book club for a while, but she quit when they stopped talking about the books and… — Kathryn Davis Copy Share Image
I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor. — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
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All my writer friends outline their books, and I find that hard. It doesn't feel inspired to me. I get bored with… — Jenny Han Copy Share Image
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I like to read Bengali novels and short stories. I am not that fond of reading English books, as I don't have… — Arijit Singh Copy Share Image
At night I read and write, and things I have never understood become clear; I reap the harvest of the rest of… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Mostly things that have happened to me, feelings that I've had, but on a couple of occasions I've written about things that… — James Walsh Copy Share Image
A writer is a maker, not a man of action: his private life is of no concern to anybody but himself, his… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
From fiction, you do not get to learn much because it is only imagination. Whereas, from non-fiction, people can understand and learn… — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
I think, because of the kind of writer I am, I can't do it halfway. I can't do it without dedicating my… — Mary Gauthier Copy Share Image
When I lose direction, it becomes very hard to write. I actually get a physical pain, as if my subconscious knows better.… — George Benjamin Copy Share Image
“No matter how many books you own, you can never own enough. Reading books is the best addiction anyone can have.” — Stackpole Books Copy Share Image
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A great literature is thus chiefly the product of doubting and inquiring minds in revolt against the immovable certainties of the nation. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I was immediately swept up in Ariane's story. Equal parts thrill-ride and love story, The Rules is intense and emotional. This book… — Sophie Jordan Copy Share Image
Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he… — Bernard Malamud Copy Share Image
I have to trick myself into writing a story - impose some arbitrary constraint to distract me from the constraints of my… — Catherine Brady Copy Share Image
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