Books Quote by Andrew Pyper

I feel that I am doing the minimum amount of damage to other possibilities that may take place in a reader's head.

— Edward Gorey

“I’m certain I’ve written things that have offended people, yes – but no, I have never written anything for the sake of shock. Shock…

— Alistair Cross

Any time you read a book and get attached to the characters, to me it's always a shock when it goes from page to…

— Suzanne Collins

In order to be a great writer a person must have a built-in, shockproof crap detector.

— Ernest Hemingway

“Nothing can replace the feel of the paper against your fingers, the ink soaked up by paper, the sensation of turning a page with…

— CrimethInc

When I sit at that typewriter, I have to be frightened of what I'm trying to do. I'm frightened by my own belief that…

— Barry Lopez

When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.

— Maya Angelou

Let me tell you, 'The Reader' was not glamorous for me in terms of the body-hair maintenance.

— Kate Winslet

But when I took up my pen, my hand made big, jerky letters like those of a child, and the lines sloped down the…

— Sylvia Plath

There's still a strange moment with every book when I move from the position of writer to the position of reader and I suddenly…

— Eudora Welty

I think that one is constantly startled by the things that appear before you on the page when you're writing.

— Shirley Hazzard

Writing has always had a tactile quality for me. It's a physical experience.

— Paul Auster