Books Quote by Michael Scott

I want my books to last, to stand the test of time, and to do that I focus on the forces that shape the…

— David Maraniss

All of writing is a huge lake. There are great rivers that feed the lake, like Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. And then there are mere…

— Jean Rhys

Writing in a nuanced way, getting at all the details in a way that remains interesting for the reader, is very difficult.

— Carl Hart

“Writing is traveling through uncharted territory - your mind. You are the first traveler, and your essays are the world's first maps.”

— Harry Bauld

I had real concerns about the relationship between nature and culture and places I wanted to write about... I thought, well, maybe I should…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.

— Joseph Boyden

The writing for us is the hardest, but also the most important. You want to get to the next part of it, to production,…

— Matt Duffer

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe…

— Harlan Coben

Writing the middle of a novel is a lot like driving through Texas. You think it's never going to end, and the scenery looks…

— Carolyn Wheat

Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what…

— Azgraybebly Josland

Writing is not what you start. It's not even what you finish. It's what you start, finish, and put out there for the world…

— Nell Scovell

Place is character. And all writing is regional.

— John Dufresne