“Sometimes we dream of things that we've always wanted--of things that we have been searching for our whole lives without knowing it...and… — Cassandra Giovanni Copy Share Image
“My book sales are way down today. Also, I've received two scathing reviews. One of them calls me “a purveyor of insipid… — Nenia Campbell Copy Share Image
“Q: Where and when do you do your writing? A: Any small room with no natural light will do. As for when,… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“That night I looked Stephanie [Burt] up online and started reading more about her work...I kept encountering a striking factoid...: she’s often… — Mitch Kellaway Copy Share Image
“All people intuitively seek emotional equanimity, freedom from anxiety, distress, and trepidation that might cause a person to lose symmetrical balance of… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
I think all of my writing life led up to the writing of 'The Train Driver' because it deals with my own… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
“When reading a book, one hopes it doesn’t turn into a painful process. Predictable is bad enough. Laborious is acceptable if the… — Chila Woychik Copy Share Image
Never believe that the fiction writing life makes sense.... It's insanity by definition. — Jo Beverley Copy Share Image
“Every time I complete a major project I reward myself with two full days of just reading and coffee! I do justify… — Delia J. Colvin Copy Share Image
“From Martin Eden on submitting manuscripts: "There was no human editor at the other end, but a mere cunning arrangement of cogs… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“Don’t ask for advice too much. Go with you, as gritty as that might be at times.” — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
“Writing...is the best, the only way I know to investigate myself, to figure out what I think and how I feel and… — Katrina Kennison Copy Share Image
All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Of course, if I write a first-person novel about a woman writer, I am inviting every book reviewer to apply the autobiographical… — John Irving Copy Share Image
For most of my writing life, I've refused to allow myself to believe that writing was a significant form of action. I… — Athol Fugard Copy Share Image
“It isn't the subjects we write about but the seriousness and subtlety of our expression that determines the worth of or effort.” — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
History has to live with what was here, clutching and close to fumbling all we had - it is so dull and… — Robert Lowell Copy Share Image
“Writing and other efforts to produce an enduring piece of artwork is a gallant response to the prospect of death. Every person… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
“Everyone carries a story which can be a best selling novel, it’s just a matter of penning down your feelings on papers.” — Sohil Ashvin Shah Copy Share Image
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“Energy is a being yet is not. For it to materialise it must be pure thus it turns into a crystal like… — Kia Carrington-Russell Copy Share Image
“Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
