Books Quote by Mike Mankoff

“The best thing about being a writer is the ability to live vicariously through your own imagination, with no boundaries as to how you…

— Dawn Goodwin

All of my books are about researching. I do all the research and I give it to a writer who can put it in…

— Bill Wyman

“Every author begins as a reader. So, read yourself into authorship.”

— Blaque Diamond

More than anything I am a novelist. But for me, an author's job is not only to create linguistically accomplished works. As an author…

— Orhan Pamuk

“Every writer I know, when asked how to become a writer, responds with one word:Read.”

— Marilynne Robinson

“A writer's style should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous. The greatest writers have the…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's…

— Colette

I really am a very research-oriented writer.

— Eric Kripke

Like many writers, I'm usually more interested in reading about authors than their actual works. We're more curious to know how they were written…

— Hallgrimur Helgason

“A writer is a writer when he says he is.”

— Steven Pressfield

Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when I'm alone. But when one is elevated into the stature…

— Ashwin Sanghi

“Authors are merely the medium between the words and the page.”

— Caron Kamps Widden