That's what librarians do. They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don’t know how to find it, if… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais,… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it,… — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
I write a thousand words a day. Nothing will stop me, I mean nothing, until the book is finished. I'm disciplined in… — Joseph Wambaugh Copy Share Image
One thing that is sometimes forgotten in this "future of books" discussion is that there are all these awesome presses - big… — Kevin Sampsell Copy Share Image
Writing is communication, not self-expression. Nobody in this world wants to read your diary except your mother. — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
“Book lovers were also fools, in a way. Everyone knew they could never find love, because all they did was compare real… — Seth King Copy Share Image
I like reading books that provide you with knowledge that you previously didn't have. And books you have a chance to grow… — Megan Fox Copy Share Image
“It is a misfortune to be in the presence of a writer, even a failed writer, to be seen by him, be… — Manu Joseph Copy Share Image
The best thing to do is to write about what you know, and if you write about what you know you can… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
When I became a published writer, I said, 'Whatever I can do to help the libraries I want to do,' so all… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“It's the same with books, you see mounds of them in bookshops and you want to read them all, or at least… — Andrés Neuman Copy Share Image
“Reading a book, and taking the time to ruminate and make inferences and engage the imaginational processing, is more cognitively enriching, without… — Ken Pugh Copy Share Image
“Neither is a memoir the same as a biography, which aims for the most objective, factual account of a life. A memoir,… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“look, and I’m sure you’ll be amazed at the wealth of great books—usually there are several hundred freebies in virtually every category… — Steve Weber Copy Share Image
“I wrote this because someone put a gun to my head and said, “Write.” And do you know how long it takes… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“We get one chance at this life. We have one body, one mind, and one life to live. Reading provides us with… — Tony Reinke Copy Share Image
It's beginnings that are hard. I always begin with a great sense of dread and trepidation. Nietzsche says that the decision to… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Self-publishing is fine. But in a world of self-publishing, where everything is about what you get on the back end, there's a… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different style.” — R.L. Stine Copy Share Image
I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it… — Macaulay Culkin Copy Share Image
The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
Bore children, and they stop reading. There's no room for self-indulgence or showing off or setting the scene. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
I lived in the library with my grandmother as a child. I still love the smell of books; the library card is… — Dawn Richard Copy Share Image
Intrigue is so much more effective. I don't like to be over-prescriptive of an audience. The same with a book or with… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
I'm not being naive; I realise there's no such thing as a pure reading. But I'd rather keep myself as far out… — Anne Michaels Copy Share Image
I don't feel that I decided deliberately I'm going to write something and have it stand alone. Somewhere by the end I… — Raymond Pettibon Copy Share Image
I've thought about writing, but it hasn't happened yet. It's like schoolwork - you start doing your revisions two nights before you're… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People look for morals in fiction because there has always been a confusion between fiction and philosophy. — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Writing is very much like bricklaying. You learn to put one brick on top of another and spread the mortar so thick. — Red Smith Copy Share Image
“The best books act like a powerful drug--they take you out of your own head into experiences, emotions and settings a million… — Anonymous-9 Copy Share Image
I think for some reason people are drawn to stories of all kinds, for some reason they land harder when they are… — T Cooper Copy Share Image
The joy of reading can take you so many different places. In addition to intelligence and stretching your mind, I just think… — Gayle King Copy Share Image
I could not write about a subject sacred to me because I would be too flippant. Fortunately, there are no subjects sacred… — Joseph Heller Copy Share Image
“...he was after all, a novelist...and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work. — Michael Crichton Copy Share Image
There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Don DeLillo's 'White Noise,' which I read when I was 19. It showed me that a book can be funny as hell… — Kevin Barry Copy Share Image
“Sometimes the writing flows, sometimes it's like wading through concrete. But I keep showing up each day, whether the Muse joins me… — Bruce Hale Copy Share Image
Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as… — John Grogan Copy Share Image
