“If you don't want to keep him, then pretend he's a book. Enjoy him for two weeks, then return him” — Shannon Stacey Copy Share Image
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. — Jeremy Collier Copy Share Image
The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing. — George Stephen Copy Share Image
“Malaysians don't like to read. If you're reading this, you must not be liking it, or not Malaysian.” — Brian Yap Copy Share Image
This book that I just wrote is going to be coming out very soon to Australia. — Ronald Biggs Copy Share Image
Beware the fictionist writing his own life. Even candor becomes a strategy. — Wilfrid Sheed Copy Share Image
I usually dread writing non-fiction. I don't feel comfortable or confident writing essays and the like. — Paul G. Tremblay Copy Share Image
Writers seem mesmerized by the state - the temporal entity. The word 'perestroika' is impressed somehow on our minds. But that is… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
I remember being 12 or 13 and reading 'Seventeen' and 'CosmoGirl.' They were all about self-improvement. — Petra Collins Copy Share Image
Whenever you talk about writing I think you have to remember that it all has a big question mark over it -… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
What I like about writing a stand alone novel is you're starting with a fresh world and fresh characters. Part of what… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
I enjoyed The Mirage by M. Ruff. I'm reading Edgar Rice Burrough's Princess Of Mars right and loving it. — Paul S. Kemp Copy Share Image
“Don't judge it. Just write it. Don't judge it. It's not for you to judge it. Interview in Esquire Magazine 10/10” — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
Before writers are writers they are readers, living in books, through books, in the lives of others that are also the heads… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
“I had already found that it was not good to be alone, and so made companionship with what there was around me,… — Joshua Slocum Copy Share Image
“I venture to suggest this solution to the ancient problem: The Library is unlimited and cyclical. If an eternal traveler were to… — José Borges Copy Share Image
How I Shed My Skin is, simply put, a brilliant book. While I was reading, I kept thinking two things. One, this… — Josephine Humphreys Copy Share Image
I think that the first book that made me think that I could try to be a writer - or that made… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“It's true," says Michael. "Dicken's novels came out in monthly installments. People couldn't wait for the next chapter to arrive. Mobs would… — Paul Acampora Copy Share Image
When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
I think having a good agent is key. I've been with mine for ten years now, and she's very honest with me.… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
You have to fire yourself as the writer when you direct something you've written. You have to fire yourself, or else you… — Joel Schumacher Copy Share Image
