Extraordinary Quote by Michael Scott

All of us, writers and non-writers alike, have incredible well-springs of personal experience and history. And we also have imagination - which I think…

— Ayana Mathis

I never let myself forget that I'm really lucky in my work to be able to discover so many people and places, and to…

— Lenny Henry

I have always loved to read, and now that I have penned 10 novels and a few magazine articles, I have fallen seriously in…

— Dorothea Benton Frank

I've been lucky enough that I can gather all sorts of experiences and find inspiration by traveling around and by spending time with people…

— Bonnie Raitt

I'm not a writer who looks for the fantastic and the sensational. I like the world we've got. If there is anything special and…

— Graham Swift

I do as much bookish research as I can but when I sit down to write, often I think, 'Wait, I was there.' That…

— Simon Winchester

I'd like to find great stories from as many parts of the world as possible.

— Nalo Hopkinson

Look at the world and see what's there. It's very beautiful. It's a very exciting but in some ways treacherous world, and all this…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I've always liked the idea that writing is a form of travel. And I started my writing career as a mystery novelist for adults.

— Rick Riordan

I'm more sort of attracted to these worlds that are very hard to gain access to. I think those are the most interesting stories.

— Mariana van Zeller

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things…

— Jonathan Lethem

The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am…

— Nicholas D. Kristof