Books Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read…

— Blaise Pascal

“I think that’s why I write—the not knowing and the blasted good feeling I get out of it all.”

— Chila Woychik

I've realized the most effective way to write, for me, is knowing what to throw away.

— Youth Lagoon

I think I personally, as a writer, read differently knowing how tough it is to write, knowing how challenging it is to articulate it,…

— Emma Walton Hamilton

To write, I think one must sit in one place and be bored. Boredom is a very good state for writers to be. Things…

— Neel Mukherjee

What I tell young writers is to find those things that you're so passionate about that your energy doesn't run away.

— Anthony Doerr

As for goals, I don't set myself those anymore. I'm not one of these 'I must have achieved this and that by next year'…

— Paul Kane

no two writers go about things in exactly the same way (intro)

— Stephenie Meyer

The good stories, of course, write themselves. And somebody wants to know who are the really good writers, and how many of them there…

— R. A. Lafferty

Usually people who do bad things make good writers.I did a lot of bad things, which is why my novels are interesting.

— Jakucho Setouchi

I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.

— Gary Shteyngart

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

— Ezra Pound