Around Quote by James Wolcott

A piece of literature can be many things but first of all it must capture its audience. You need to seduce people, entice them…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I want to offer a word of encouragement to authors: You have to feel called to the message of your book enough that you…

— Jud Wilhite

Make it simple. Make it memorable. Make it inviting to look at. Make it fun to read.

— Leo Burnett

“The beautiful unruliness of literature is what makes it so much fun to wander through: you read Jane Austen and you say, oh, that…

— Kathy Fish

I have a really good idea for a novel and would like to just kind of try my hand at fiction. I'm starting to…

— Corey Taylor

“There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle readers, but…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else's shoes. The reader's shoes. You've got…

— Mark Haddon

People are looking for inspiration, and my books are sometimes the vehicles of what people are looking for.

— Richard Paul Evans

A passion for any novel, and any character, can crystallise your ideas when you really need to be as open as possible as a…

— Romola Garai

Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me, a gem.

— Garrison Keillor

Even more than getting compliments on social media, what I love is when some random stranger says something very funny or insightful about my…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index.

— Julie Burchill