Books Quote by Blake Bailey

“And yes, the Hemingways, the Fitzgeralds, the Faulkners and the Capotes. Drank while writing. Drink next to the typewriter. But the longer I lived…

— Jeanne Darst

“An author's job isn't to just write books, but to give hope and inspiration to the lost.”

— Rowan K. Lake Jr

“I admit I'm an escapist when it comes to books. I become drunk on story, on words, as a buffer against reality.' . .…

— Joanna Davidson Politano

“As the sweaty, alcohol fuming bodies press in on me from all directions I decide that my ideal of a good time is reading…

— Rita Stradling

“It's impossible to be a good writer if you haven't lived badly. A past life of drinking heavily, fighting and whoring all help to…

— Ken Scott

“She read novels. One book after another, sometimes at the rate of one a day, for a solid year. An acceptable form of escape…

— Wendy Wax

“There are few things I like better in life than getting lost in a good book.”

— John Grisham

“From that time forward it has been hard for me not to think of literature as created primarily to give writers the drinks they…

— Caroline Rody

“For a few weeks you got up at six to compose short stories at the kitchen table with while Amanda slept in the other…

— Jay McInerney

“On getting lost in a book. Set adrift A life unknown Connections form Love is sewn”

— Patty Wiseman

“A good book should leave you... slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it. Reading is borrowing!”

— William Styron

“I wrote a book. It sucked. I wrote nine more books. They sucked, too. Meanwhile, I read every single thing I could find on…

— Beth Revis