I ain't no author, man... my writing skills are not of 'New York Times' best-seller quality, trust and believe it ain't. My… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
“There is an audience for everything; our job as writers is to do the work and provide readers with a choice.” — Elizabeth Hernandez Copy Share Image
They're constants, aren't they?" ... "Books are. That's why we like them so much. They seem immutable. They're not, of course. Not… — C.E. Murphy Copy Share Image
“loved thick books, dusty statues, even the musty smell in the air. Libraries were treasure troves of knowledge and imagination.” — Robert E. Keller Copy Share Image
I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've always had a desire to write something and capture people's imagination like Peter Pan had captured mine. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it… — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“We need the slower and more lasting stimulus of solitary reading as a relief from the pressure on eye, ear and nerves… — Storm Jameson Copy Share Image
While writing is a mystical process, it's also work. If you show up to work five days in a row, nobody's going… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
All my life I have been trying to learn, to read, to see and hear, and to write. At sixty-five I began… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I am motivated to write because it is what I am meant to do. It is not a choice - it is… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, & it smells good. Writing is… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
The most important thing in writing process is the vibe cause if you on a roll, if you feel it you just… — French Montana Copy Share Image
You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Papa thought that any book worth reading twice was worth owning. So instead of buying desserts, we bought books.” — Natalie S. Bober Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually,… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“Alfonso Reyes said that one published what he had written in order to avoid spending his life correcting it: one publishes a… — Fernando Sorrentino Copy Share Image
“Life is a book and you are its author. You detemine its plot and pace and you--only you--turn its pages.” — Beth Mende Conny Copy Share Image
He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Many adults that I have met in my time believed that picture books are 'babyish'. I hope I have changed minds on… — Anthony Browne Copy Share Image
The small visual inconvenience of e-books is made up for with find and search functions, and the fungibility of digital text. — Patrick Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
Tell the truth as you understand it. If you're a writer, you have a moral obligation to do this. And it is… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
A childhood without books – that would be no childhood. That would be like being shut out from the enchanted place where… — Astrid Lindgren Copy Share Image
“Perhaps writing only arouses the passions in order to allay them, as beaters flush out the game in order to expose it… — Amin Maalouf Copy Share Image
“The more we are willing to separate from distraction and step into the open arms of boredom, the more writing will get… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
“Reality doesn’t always give us the life that we desire, but we can always find what we desire between the pages of… — Adelise M. Cullens Copy Share Image
The catchword I use with my classes is: The authority of the writer always overcomes the skepticism of the reader. — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, not a writer. I'd be pretty annoyed if the writers tried to come in and hang over my shoulder… — Shoshannah Stern Copy Share Image
Ask photographers to write and they have nothing to say; ask them to talk about their work and they won't shut up. — Bill Jay Copy Share Image
Librarians are essential players in the information revolution because they level that field. They enable those without money or education to read… — Marilyn Johnson Copy Share Image
I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions. — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
Whether I'm writing solo stuff, electronic stuff, or material for Motley, I just write to write. I come up with it and… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a… — Countee Cullen Copy Share Image
We love to start from a real place, whether it's us or our friends or working on a story from a writer's… — Abbi Jacobson Copy Share Image
Books are a world in themselves, it is true; but they are not the only world. The world itself is a volume… — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
You can’t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone else’s appreciation. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
How do you write when you're not miserable? The solution, of course, is to make yourself miserable about not writing. — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
Books are always obviously having conversations with other books, and some times they're amiable and sometimes not. — China Mieville Copy Share Image
