Books Quote by Lincoln Child

Life is sometimes novel-shaped, mocking the efforts of those authors who, in an effort to make their novels life-shaped, spurn the easy symmetry and…

— Stephen Fry

The ratio of authentic literature to trash in pornography may be somewhat lower than the ratio of novels of genuine literary meritto the entire…

— Susan Sontag

I don't try to write songs that will further my career. I write about things that I care about. I don't have a career…

— Jerry Jeff Walker

I write a lot about disadvantaged people, particularly vulnerable children, because I feel that that's who I was. That is familiar terrain for me.…

— Charles M. Blow

We try to write things that can be interpreted on lots of different levels. There's not a right way or a wrong way... people…

— Danny Carey

I definitely script things out. I definitely write things down and try to write jokes. Often, they're terrible. I often write terrible, terrible jokes.

— Michael Ian Black

We just try to write about things that are close to our hearts. We don't sit around trying to write another 'Free Bird' or…

— Rickey Medlocke

I always try to write from a genuine standpoint.

— Gabby Barrett

Helping to build a better-organized, fair and harmonious world: that idea lies at the heart of my conception of our country's role. Down through…

— Jacques Chirac

Because there's just so much in a day now, I keep writing in much more abstract terms, like I don't try to write about…

— Feist

I try to write every day. I don't beat myself up about word counts, or how many hours are ticking by on the clock…

— Jonathan Lethem

If I was a waitress, I was too tired at the end of the day when I came home to try to write.

— Ann Patchett