Ashamed Quote by Emma Brynstein

“You should read this book’ almost never simply means you should read this book. It is usually far more fraught. Telling someone what to…

— Pamela Paul

“Forget all those prescriptive ideas about "the novel" and "literature" and set down your feelings and thoughts as they come to you, freely, in…

— Haruki Murakami

“Sometimes, when I read, it's not just fiction while I'm between the pages. It’s real. My heart races when they kiss, and I get…

— Emma Hart

“When you start writing, you may think you will use the book to guide readers down certain paths and through certain themes. But, the…

— M.D. Cliatt

“Don't ask me about my book...read it. You will find what you need and what speaks to you in the depths or illusions of…

— Ina Brink

To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best…

— Karl Kraus

In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.

— J. K. Rowling

“When you are writing a novel, you as the author will wear many hats. You are the writer, reader, and most importantly you are…

— LaQuita Cameron

“I'm more excited than I'll admit when my hand closes around the paperback. It's like I've been handed a secret, a piece of her…

— Amy Matayo

“A book won't move your eyes for you like TV or a movie does. A book won't move your mind unless you give it…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover something you…

— Norman Mailer

“Every book tells a different story to the person who reads it. How they perceive that book will depend on who they are. A…

— Charles de Lint