Books Quote by Neil LaBute

“You turn the book over in your hands, you scan the sentences on the back of the jacket, generic phrases that don't say a…

— Italo Calvino

The writing is only ever the attractive thing about a part. And also if all the elements within the writing come together - the…

— Sarah Lancashire

I get thousands of letters, and they give me a feeling of how each book is perceived. Often I think I have written about…

— Isabel Allende

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

— Dean Koontz

I write the big scenes first, that is, the scenes that carry the meaning of the book, the emotional experience.

— Joyce Cary

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.

— David Bezmozgis

“I learned that there are books and there are readers; given even the worst of circumstances, they get together. In the privacy of their…

— Elizabeth McCracken

“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

I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does not need…

— Edward Rutherfurd

Each reader has to find her or his own message within a book.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

In writing a weird story, I always try very carefully to achieve the right mood and atmosphere and place the emphasis where it belongs.

— H. P. Lovecraft

The way I write is really like putting one foot in front of the other. I really let the characters do most of the…

— Quentin Tarantino