I seem to turn out stories that violate the discipline of the short story form and don't obey the rules of progression… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
Oh, I am very old fashioned about my literature taste. I like Henry James. I like George Elliot. I like Dostoyevsky. I… — Sonya Walger Copy Share Image
“Reading is a tool. If you can't read you won't get very far in life. If you love to read you will… — Evan Hensley-Reano Copy Share Image
In a sense, you're always mythologizing your life; it's always an effort to make yourself epic. At least in fiction you can… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“When my head is in the typewriter the last thing on my mind is some imaginary reader. I don’t have an audience;… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“Some of the best friends we have are books. Why? Well, they belong usually to our relaxed armchair hours. They come only… — Esther Baldwin York Copy Share Image
“Most of us would rather read than write. There is always another article to read, one more source to track down, just… — Kate L. Turabian Copy Share Image
Reading is the way mankind delays the inevitable. Reading is the way we shake our fist at the sky. As long as… — Joe Queenan Copy Share Image
“By the transport of books, that which is most foreign becomes one’s familiar walks and avenues; while that which is most familiar… — M. T. Anderson Copy Share Image
Of all the inanimate objects, of all men's creations, books are the nearest to us for they contain our very thoughts, our… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“These I have loved: Pork with apple sauce; tea in a heavy mug; The smell of new books, and musty ones; A… — Sarah Crossan Copy Share Image
You're often looking at writing from writers who, for the most part, are working in forms that traditionally fit into other genres.… — John D'Agata Copy Share Image
“There are certain books that I mean to read and keep stacked by my bedside. I even take them on trips. Some… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
All I wanted to do was write - at the time, poems, and prose, too. I guess my ambition was simply to… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“There's a part of a book that never lies. A writer puts his soul into a book. Every word is two sides… — Sam Mills Black Out Copy Share Image
I don't like re-writing very much. The fourth and the fifth draft - that's too much like work. There's not much inspiration… — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
Books, not which afford us a cowering enjoyment, but in which each thought is of unusual daring; such as an idle man… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Life throws up enough road blocks to keep you from writing; you can't be adding to them yourself by saying you can… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
“Here is a hilarious, surprising, tender, always genuine tale of American youth in the crosshairs of the new century--a battle of growing… — Tim Johnston Copy Share Image
Anybody who writes a book is an optimist. First of all, they think they're going to finish it. Second, they think somebody's… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Readers don't want to read about somebody else having powerful emotions. . . . Readers want to become somebody else for a… — Randy Ingermanson Copy Share Image
When I am writing a novel, though, then it's usually three or four hours a day. Ideally, right after lunch until three… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
If you read the first page of one of my novels, I can guarantee that you will read the last one. This… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I never went to school for writing, never took a writing class, but when you're in a room with David Simon and… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
You come by your style by learning what to leave out. At first you tend to overwrite—embellishment instead of insight. You either… — Billy Collins Copy Share Image
“Writing is a pitched battle with the elusive self, a contest that resultant celebratory jubilee demonstrates the writer’s innate capacity to meld… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
The important discovery I made very early is that my novels had to be written without any given plan or outline. I… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I've never written a book with an outline or a predetermined theme. It's only in retrospect that themes or subjects become identifiable.… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
“She knew she was going to have trouble believing in herself, in the room of her house, and when she glanced over… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
I have many books that I want to write; I'd like to think that I'll be around for another 20 years or… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Anna Karenina is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. Its gossip,… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
“...the casual fact, the creative imagination, the will to believe, and out of these three elements, a counterfeit of reality to which… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“I was astonished at how wonderful these books were; and even though I was occasionally discomforted when someone, having asked me what… — Jonathan Cott Copy Share Image
I am here because libraries and museums are singular and important institutions with unique contributions to make to our nation. But more… — Robert Cecil Martin Copy Share Image
“WHEN IT WAS DECIDED (When was that again, and by whom?) that we were all supposed to choose between fiction and nonfiction,… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
I think there are many advantages to not knowing any of my prior work. The narrative threads, I think, are totally accessible… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the… — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
... you should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
I think when you are an aspiring writer, you must write every day. It's not as though anybody will call you up… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
When I'm writing, I need to amplify my thoughts and feelings on just a conversation that I might have had with somebody… — James Bay Copy Share Image
