“Do Engineers have stories, Jack?" he asked. "What?" Jack said, without moving. "Stories. Myths. Things to keep the boredom out on a… — Sam Starbuck Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you just have to hold each other’s hands and walk through it all.” — A.D. Posey Copy Share Image
“In the whole world there is no deeper, no mightier literary work. This is, so far, the last and greatest expression of… — Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
'Skins' had been a brilliant breeding ground for young actors, young directors and young writers. It was a safe environment to experiment;… — Joe Dempsie Copy Share Image
The most common thing I find is very brilliant, acute, young people who want to become writers but they are not writing.… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not be otherwise than blind, because their preference… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
“...I fell asleep and had a dream that a king was liquidated by a group of kind faces....” — Maquita Donyel Irvin Copy Share Image
A lot of writers dream of feature films, but television - by way of TNT, CBS, Lifetime, and Hallmark Hall of Fame… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
“The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story” — Brandt Legg Copy Share Image
I do not set specific work hours as some writers do. I generally stay with a chapter until I am satisfied, do… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
“A writer fails, not when a reader is not moved; but when, as a reader, the writer is not moved.” — Gerard de Marigny Copy Share Image
Once your poems are completed, you send them into the world. You don't write for a coterie of other writers - you… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a… — Lauren Tarshis Copy Share Image
“We nurture the candle flames that show the way ahead. We are guerrillas of the word, unsung heroes breathing softly on the… — Mark Cantrell Copy Share Image
You'd never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
There's one thing about TV that I really think is true. If you find the right cast and the right writers, and… — Rhea Perlman Copy Share Image
I am aware that most 27-year-old writers do not co-host galas in their hometowns. — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
After 20 years of writing in basically a vacuum, I love being part of a community. I've vetted other writers' contracts for… — Jonathan Evison Copy Share Image
Warhol was definitely an inspiration when I was younger. I wouldn't quantify his sort of influence. I've been influenced by nature and… — Dustin Yellin Copy Share Image
You know what writers say about their long books: If I had another year, the book would be half as long. — David Remnick Copy Share Image
