Books Quote by Jonathan Gottschall

“I came at last to a recognition of myself as, in part , a Tom Sawyer who wanted everything done according to the rules…

— Robertson Davies

“Eventually, we come to love certain novels because we have expended so much imaginative labor on them. This is why we hang on to…

— Orhan Pamuk

“If your mind jumps to crazy story ideas from little things you see all around you, you might be a writer.”

— Thomas Wilson

“Writers write like readers and read like writers.”

— Laura Hamilton

That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination.

— Alice Hoffman

“The job of the writer is to change the way the reader sees the world.”

— after Richard Ford

“I like authors who experiment with narrative and delve into very specific conditions within their characters in order to expose universal truths about humanity.…

— Amanda Knox

“Isn’t that why all writers write? To inspire their readers?”

— Adam Langer

Right from the start, I loved the works of Mark Twain. Every time I read about Tom Sawyer, I'd go out and do something…

— John Grisham

A writer has to surprise himself to be worth reading.

— Bernard Malamud

“Writing keeps the mind sharp and gives me the opportunity to exercise my imagination to engage the reader,”

— Ruth Ford Elward

Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens

— Malcolm Cowley