Always Quote by Leonard Mlodinow

The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm…

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

— Lincoln Child

I write about so much personal stuff, it's like reading my diary.

— Noah Cyrus

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's…

— Lauren Oliver

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I…

— Rob Lowe

I don't plan to write another science book, but I don't plan not to. I do enjoy writing histories, and taking subjects that are…

— Bill Bryson

Writing wasn't easy to start. After I finally did it, I realized it was the most direct contact possible with the part of myself…

— Virpi Hameen-Anttila

A lot of what I write is very personal.

— Elif Batuman

I feel like one can have all of that as a writer; you're writing, you're reading, you're talking to interesting and intelligent people. Your…

— Sheila Heti

My first published writings were trying to take scientific concepts and make them clear for a general audience.

— Judith Viorst

When I wrote nonfiction, my best work was the really personal stuff.

— Ann Patchett

Writing at home and then going out into the world to talk about why books matter to me feeds the writing. It's a good…

— Kate DiCamillo