Reading has always been a major part of my life. It has broadened my world and taken me to places I would… — Phyllis A. Whitney Copy Share Image
A good novel is something that challenges perception, that allows you to see the world anew through a different point of view… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
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“though books, as Milton says, may be the embalming of mighty spirits, they are also the resurrection of rebellious, reactionary, fantastical, and… — John Cowper Powys Copy Share Image
“There is more empty space in the book you're holding, than book. The electrons in the atoms of the book are moving… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
I keep a couple of notebooks too into which I record ideas for story titles or characters or situations, and these notes… — Christine Sneed Copy Share Image
“But the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library was still a place of wonders to Tess, even if the book… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
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So every so often, when I meet someone who's honestly appalled by my books and doesn't understand why they would be attractive… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
The DNA of the novel - which, if I begin to write nonfiction, I will write about this - is that: the… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
“What is it, Master Calligrapher, that little girls do in the way that spiders weave?" sleeve asked primly. The Calligrapher coughed, for… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
“A re-read is more leisurely than a first read. I know the plot, after all, I know what happens. I may still… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six more drafts, the last two of which… — Colleen McCullough Copy Share Image
“If you’ve never been, I encourage you to visit and tour the sandstone slot canyons in Zion National Park, where the history… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
“On writing, my advice is the same to all. If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write.… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
By speech first, but far more by writing, man has been able to put something of himself beyond death. In tradition and… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than the establishment of a small circulating library… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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writers are makers, not just transmitters, of myths. Literature offers not only myths but counter-myths, just as life offers counter-experiences - experiences… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
I write because it's all I know how to do. Writing is my anchor and my purpose. My life is informed by… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
It's something I thought I would like to do writing about my career, but I didn't think it would become as big… — Paul Mullin Copy Share Image
“But there was a more seductive, more dangerous truth to Fillory that Quentin couldn’t let go of. It was almost like the… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
There was, in my view, an unwritten contract with the reader that the writer must honour. No single element of an imagined… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I'm always conscious of the fact that a book starts, basically, with a kid in a lap, and a parent reading to… — Jon J Muth Copy Share Image
OF writing many books there is no end; And I who have written much in prose and verse For others' uses, will… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
I think it's dangerous to have lots of time on your hands as a writer. Time to pursue every little alleyway, to… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different,… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they… — R. L. Stine Copy Share Image
It's nice to be in a situation where the two books that I write for a sort of regular monthly income are… — Garth Ennis Copy Share Image
'Goodnight Moon' is a staple of any nursery bookshelf. So, too, are 'Harold and the Purple Crayon' and 'Madeline.' These books are… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
Open this notebook every day and write down half a page at the very least. If you have nothing to write down,… — Daniil Kharms Copy Share Image
“I read obsessively when I'm writing. I think there are two kinds of fiction writers, those who read incessantly while they write… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
The rest, with very little exaggeration, was books. Meant-to-be-picked-up books. Permanently-left-behind books. Uncertain-what-to-do-with books. But books, books. Tall cases lined three walls… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have ALWAYS wanted to write - I was the seven-year old entering local library poetry contests, and I recently found my… — Lee Kelly Copy Share Image
It looks like the writer is telling you a story. What the writer is actually doing, however, is using words to evoke… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
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Writers collect stories of rituals: John Cheever putting on a jacket and tie to go down to the basement, where he kept… — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
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