“She got inside me with her story. I could feel her flowing in me and far, faraway I related in parallel. Her… — robert m drake Copy Share Image
No one ever wrote a story yet without some real emotional drive behind it--and I have not that drive except where violations… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
When a book comes from the publisher and you see it for the first time... Of course it's not remotely like seeing… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
Some time ago a publisher told me that there are four kinds of books that seldom, if ever, lose money in the… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“When I write, I go to live inside the book. By which I mean, mentally I can experience everything I’m writing about.… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
“For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you’re the only writer in existence;… — Martin Cosgrove Copy Share Image
Cutting for Stone is nothing short of masterful -a riveting tale of love, medicine, and the complex dynamic of twin brothers. It… — Richard Selzer Copy Share Image
“The sound of her phone shocked her out of the dark world that was currently playing in front of her eyes from… — Allie Burke Copy Share Image
“Your book is a springboard and integral strategic part of your overall game plan. Being an author positions you strongly upon your… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
I'm not immune to the readers' desires. Sometimes they are my own, because I'm a reader, too. The readers' desire to know… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“How are you going do your writings? How can the others understand you through words describing places, sensations, thoughts, feelings, hope, love,… — Frederick Vanderbuilt Copy Share Image
I am not expecting anyone to feel sorry for me, but when friends ask how it feels to be a debut novelist… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
“What will history’s verdict be about our time?" ~ Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos Yearning like a man yearns for fire on cold winter… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I tended to give a book a chance and another chance and another, sometimes seeing it all the way to the end,… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
With my mother, Julie Andrews Edwards, I've authored such children's books as the 'Dumpy the Dump Truck' series, 'Dragon: Hound of Honor,'… — Emma Walton Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Wood nymphs,” said Jackaby. “Not a real cheery lot, them,” observed Hudson. “In retrospect, a library is a rather somber locale for… — William Ritter Copy Share Image
“There is a somewhat time-worn joke about people taking up library work because they like to read : the joke consisting of… — Mary Virginia Provines Copy Share Image
Try to write in a directly emotional way, instead of being too subtle or oblique. Don't be afraid of your material or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“One ought not to fall in love with someone by way of their writing. One must be especially careful if the writing… — Jane Juska Copy Share Image
Once in a rare while, you get to read a story of such breathtaking beauty and intelligence that you remember why you… — Robin Oliveira Copy Share Image
The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
I have often wondered how anyone who does not read, by which I mean daily, having some book going all the time,… — William Brinkley Copy Share Image
“I love a lots of things about being a writer! The thrill of seeing characters come to life, and the satisfaction as… — Jessica Hart Copy Share Image
I don't write quickly or a lot. Well actually I write quickly, but I don't have a store of things. I will… — Robert Dessaix Copy Share Image
“When a person reaches the end of a book and says, 'I want to read that again,' what he's actually saying is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Visa for Avalon is a testament to the power of fiction. It illuminates the truth at the heart of what is commonly… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“I am ashamed to say this, but as a child, neither my parents not my teachers pushed me to read. In fact,… — Daniel Whyte III Copy Share Image
Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, 'Children's Letters to God.' You can open it anywhere. One I read… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be… — William Morris Copy Share Image
I am a morning person and start work, whether composing, rehearsing, preparing syllabi/tests, or proofing an article or manuscript, early in the… — Barbara Harbach Copy Share Image
I find that I do my best work at the beginning of the day, but I'm rarely in a writing mood when… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
The story goes that every Jedi constructs his own lightsaber, and every penmonkey constructs his own pen. Meaning, we all find our… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
I am beekeeper, but I am also a writer, and some years ago, I sat down at a typewriter to experiment with… — Sue Hubbell Copy Share Image
This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
Denys Cowan and Dwayne Turner's visions of Wakanda as an ersatz African Epcot Center opened my eyes to the unexploited possibilities; these… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
“Oliver's boardroom was actually a library. A good library. A library where books looked worn-out and well read and loved on. The… — Natalie Lloyd Copy Share Image
Never, if you can possibly help it, write a novel. It is, in the first place, a thoroughly unsocial act. It makes… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
I try to write every day. Sometimes the things come out well, and sometimes they don't. When they come out well you… — Richard Ayoade Copy Share Image
I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
