Corruption Quote by Laila Lalami

The only book that is worth writing is the one we don’t have the courage or strength to write. The book that hurts us…

— Helene Cixous

“No, writing has not changed me for the better at all; I have merely used up part of my restless, conscienceless youth. What value…

— Italo Calvino

“An author's job isn't to just write books, but to give hope and inspiration to the lost.”

— Rowan K. Lake Jr

When I finished reading '100 Years of Solitude,' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, I got really sad. I thought, 'This will never happen for me,…

— Lucy Dacus

“Gertrude Stein, when asked why she wrote, replied "For praise." Lorca said he wrote to be loved. Faulkner said a writer wrote for glory.…

— James Salter

“Now I’ve given up any hope of lasting fame or literary perfection. I don’t care if I write a great book anymore, but just…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and…

— SangFroid Stalker

“I suppose it was the worst book any man has ever written. It was a colossal tome and faulty from start to finish. But…

— Henry Miller

“As an author my number 1 goal is to help others overcome despair...which is something that has plague me in my lifetime. If my…

— Timothy Pina

“That was the only tragic thing about books: they changed people. All except the truly evil, who did not become better fathers, nicer husbands,…

— Nina George

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

— Charles Churchill

All of the great writers whom I admire have died. I guess the most recent one would be Marquez.

— Sam Shepard