Absurdity Quote by Martin Cruz Smith

“Writers don't just create pages in a novel, but depth to worlds that become a safe haven for those who wish to escape the…

— T.J. Mihaila

Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks.…

— Peter Mayle

Many great novels have shown a world torn to shreds by the brutality of war. To do so, their authors ground their texts in…

— Uzodinma Iweala

“We writers always get our revenge on paper”

— Scott Westerfeld

“The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary'…

— Ray Bradbury

“We have our responsibilities as readers and even our importance. The standards we raise and the judgments we pass steal in the air and…

— Virginia Woolf

“The challenge of a journalist is to condense a thousand thoughts into a single sound bite. The challenge of an author is to place…

— Charles A. Cornell

“I envy all authors who command words on paper. I do not. My English is simple, my gramma is flawed, so why do i…

— Mikkel Skipper

“worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).”

— Mike Schmoker

The best writers who have put pen to paper have often had a journalism background.

— Rick Bragg

“In my opinion the best writer of historical novels. He makes you feel, smell, see every thing he describes in all his books. He…

— Edward Rutherfurd

“The brown and charred rags that hung from the sides of it, I presently recognized as the decaying vestiges of books. They had long…

— H.G. Wells