Books Quote by Amy Hempel

“But I am a writer, and I deal in words, and I need to have them spelled out for me--precisely.”

— Sydney Jane Baily

“Being a writer all boils down to this: It's you, in a chair, staring at a page. And you're either going to stay in…

— Alessandra Torre

“If you are writing and no-one reads it, are you a writer, or you just writing?”

— Matt Drabble

“Always remember that writing is an alliance between author and reader. With every line we put down on the page, we need to leave…

— Hal Zina Bennett

“For many writers the goal is a thousand words a day. For me, just give me one thought, and the words will take care…

— Garry Fitchett

“I write with the entire alphabet, not just the popular letters. Readers don't want to lose themselves in the text. They want to find…

— Mark R. Trost

“I write about the emotional crises that we face in our lives. Readers tell me that they identify with my characters. They know them.…

— Barbara Delinsky

“Writing is a passion, to write you simply have to just let it flow and get on with it!”

— Mark Powell

“Some writers, no matter how good they are, can't speak to us. Something about the way they see the world, I think, string sentences…

— David Bowker

“Why just read the writing? Write the reading!”

— Jesse B. Booth

“I know it's difficult in the beginning. But, listen. If you have the impulse to write, do yourself a favor, do the world a…

— Christy Hall

“It all comes down to the written word and just how comfortable I am writing them.”

— Anonymous