Book Quote by James Frey

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child

The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.

— Jason Gann

I lay off a lot modern fiction and only rely on living writers for non-fiction work.

— Henry Rollins

My job is to get people to write something truthful, something about truth and beauty - wherever they are - and to understand how…

— Grace Paley

I think of my own work as part of a decades-long conversation about books and reading with people I will mainly never meet.

— Michael Dirda

It's been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers.…

— Greg Bear

I do enjoy working with writers.

— Neil Jordan

My job is writing for people to enjoy and then writing about a broader and a deeper world.

— Walter Mosley

I love writing fiction - you can take just what you want from a place, and leave the rest.

— Kate Grenville

I write novels and other things.

— Jack L. Chalker

I write books to find out about things.

— Rebecca West

I love to read stories. And I don't to get to talk about my favorite novels very often in my job.

— Hope Jahren