Books Quote by Molly Antopol

“I've always longed to turn the last page of a romantic novel but it seems my life is destined to remain a book of…

— Michael Faudet

“Writing a book is like pulling strands out of your soul, one by one, until one day instead of a mess it finally looks…

— Ksenia Anske

“Many times when I read a book, I want to savor each word, each phrase, each page, loving the prose so much, I don’t…

— Lisa Schroeder

If I'm really rolling with a short story, I work on it everywhere and end up with a finished draft in a couple months,…

— Laura van den Berg

“Oftentimes when I read a book, I want to savor each word, each phrase, each page, loving the prose so much, I don't want…

— Lisa Schroeder

I wasted a lot of years working on my writing and very grandly saying, 'And now... My Novel!,' which would soon be reduced to…

— George Saunders

“That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn't…

— Jamie Craig

“After finishing a good book, it was sometimes days before she could shake off that other reality; the one she'd dipped into, leaving the…

— Ann Sutherland

“In the darkest corners of a writer’s heart, you’ll find the stories that never made it to the page, the ones too painful to…

— Dr. Nitin Chopra

“A story can always break into pieces while it sits inside a book on a shelf; and, decades after we have read it even…

— Andre Dubus

I started writing 'Leaves Of Grass' when my professional life was falling apart somewhat. I just had a movie implode in pre-production. And so…

— Tim Blake Nelson

“Short stories force us to keep our distance from the characters; novels bring us closer to them.”

— David Mikics