Around the world Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

“Literature, sharing a wonderful story, is what brings the world together.”

— Elizabeth Spann Craig

“I write my stories for my children, the best fan club a writer could ever have. They keep me writing and make it fun.”

— Alan W. Harris

“For whatever the era, nationality, gender and genre; whether realistic, traditional, fabulist, historical, fantasist, minimalist, crossover, the writer worthy of the literary arts and…

— Gregorio C. Brillantes

“I meditated on the nature of friendship as I practiced the craft. My friends had always come from outside the mainstream. I had always…

— Pat Conroy

“Also, there is a dedicated community of people in the world who will always be able to connect with each other across all languages,…

— Nina George

“And yet, for a writer of fiction, part of the heart remains that of a stranger, for what we are trying to do is…

— Margaret Laurence

“A great writer is the friend and benefactor of his readers.”

— Macaulay

“the members of my writing group—provided three years of encouragement, careful reading, good advice, and friendship that sustained me.”

— Anita Diamant

“I would say, for the moment, that community, at least community larger than the immediate family, consists very largely of imaginative love for people…

— Marilynne Robinson

“All the characters in my book are fictional, but every single one of them was inspired by someone I knew and loved who didn't…

— Sanela Ramic Jurich

“My story and my stories are all, in one or another, the same, tales of solitude and the grand pursuit of connection, of success…

— Michael Chabon

“If in this address I were to summon all the writers to whom I owe a few things or a great deal, their shadows…

— Mario Vargas Llosa