“It doesn't what people think about the book you are reading. Just read the book that you love to read or want… — Roshell Jayasekara Copy Share Image
I believe, in a funny way, the job of the novelist is to be out there on the fringes and speaking for… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
I disagree with the advice of 'write about what you know.' Write about what you need to know, in an effort to… — Donald Windham Copy Share Image
For me books have always been an incredibly solid part of my life, both as escapism and simply as resource. — Jackie French Copy Share Image
I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“Last night I read two books back to back. Tonight I’ll probably read both of those books’ front covers.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Life as a writer was not what I expected. I knew no other writers. I knew no writing teachers or editors. I… — Lee Siegel Copy Share Image
I was always interested in being a writer. Yet, at the time, it somehow seemed more unfeasible to be a writer than… — Michelle Zauner Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine the type of sinister fiend who would be against the library. A library essentially says, 'Look, here is some… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“All of this made me feel better about myself, and I was grateful to the books for teaching me-without my even having… — Brock Clarke Copy Share Image
“What is a writer? A writer is a magician who can create a masterpiece With a wave of a pencil A writer… — Carol Archer Copy Share Image
By turns sad and uplifting, Life in the Valley of Death tells the amazing tale of Alan Rabinowitz's courageous and spirited efforts… — Thant Myint-U Copy Share Image
“I shall tell you what I believe. I believe God is a librarian. I believe that literature is holy, Mr. Roper, it… — Sarah Smith Copy Share Image
I hadn't had a book in my hands for four months, and the mere idea of a book where I could see… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
And if there is anybody out there who is crazy enough to want to become a writer, I'd say go ahead, spit… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
There is really no fiction or non-fiction; there is only narrative. One mode of perception has no greater claim on the truth… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“story telling is not a career, it's a calling. I've been writing true and compelling news my entire professional life. My novels… — Glen Carter Copy Share Image
The draft that finally goes to my editor doesn't get into her hands until I have read it out loud innumerable times… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of… — Jeremy Northam Copy Share Image
“Nabokov once said that the price of being a writer was sleepless nights. But, Nabokov added slyly, if the writer doesn’t have… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
I feel like the choices you make when you write, when you shoot and when you edit are all connected. I don't… — Ti West Copy Share Image
“The proper relationship of a writer to his or her own life is similar to a cook with a cupboard. What the… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think I'm a one-trick pony because I'm not very inventive about new ways of telling stories. — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life. — Ralph Peters Copy Share Image
It is quite possible, and not uncommon, to read most laboriously, even so as to get by heart the words of a… — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
“What did the truth matter? All characters once dead, if they continue to exist in memory at all, tend to become fictions.” — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“Writing is more than a craft; it is a way of life. Everything you see or do becomes part of what you… — H.P. Oliver Copy Share Image
My mother was a schoolteacher and very, very encouraging. She understood what it meant when I said I wanted to be a… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
My writing method is to sit in a very small hut absolutely alone. I write in total solitude. And I write on… — Sally Potter Copy Share Image
I do then with my friends as I do with my books. I would have them where I can find them, but… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My mother was an avid readerShe loved books about romance. Books that took place in faraway places and times. Stories with costumes — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
“The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.” — Ross McDonald Copy Share Image
E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I write every day. It's lovely when that's happening. One day dovetailing into the next. Sometimes I don't even… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
Authors frequently say things they are unaware of; only after they have gotten the reactions of their readers do they discover what… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand. — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
Most people, or at least most of the people that I've come into contact with, would like to be written about. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
Weren’t all books ultimately related? After all, the same letters filled them, just arranged in a different order. Which meant that, in… — Cornelia Funke Copy Share Image
“David Foster Wallace: We sit around and bitch about how TV has ruined the audience for reading—when really all it’s done is… — David Lipsky Copy Share Image
