Might Quote by Ian Mcewan

...she felt about reading what some writers felt about writing: that it was impossible not to do it and that at this late stage…

— Alan Bennett

“It didn't matter to her whether she'd written anything brilliant. It just felt good to be able to write again.”

— Alexandra Monir

She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“Writing had always helped her, before. It always clarified her feelings and her thoughts, and she never felt like she could understand something fully…

— Lisa Scottoline

I think each writer has to seek her most energetic prose style. She has to find a way to write so that nobody can…

— George Saunders

Having the urge to write is one thing; acting on it is another.

— Roy Peter Clark

“She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself. She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“She was a passionate reader, and she thought that reading was one of the noblest efforts of all; in contrast, she found writing to…

— John Irving

“What would life be like without her writing? Writing filled her life with beauty and mystery, gave it life...and promise.”

— Maud Hart Lovelace

“We shared a passion for words, but I preferred the silence of writing while she loved to talk. She”

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

When she came to write her story, she would wonder when the books and the words started to mean not just something, but everything.

— Markus Zusak

She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again.

— Sarah Dessen