Boards Quote by Joseph Conrad

Writing is a vessel...with readers the ocean and authors as its sails...

— William Petersen

“A writer's will is the winds of dead calm in the Western Lands. Point way out he can start stirring of the sail. Writer,…

— William S. Burroughs

All authors know that any book is a casting of runes, a reading of cards, a map of the palm and heart. We make…

— Erica Jong

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

— Denis Johnson

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

— Denis Johnson

“Trying to write without reading is like venturing out to sea all by yourself in a small boat: lonely and dangerous. Wouldn't you rather…

— Téa Obreht

Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes.

— Israel Shenker

Writing a book is an adventure.

— Winston Churchill

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone…

— Sharon Cameron

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

— Barbara Mertz

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a…

— John Gardner

I think of a writer as a river: you reflect what passes before you.

— Natalia Ginzburg