Atmosphere Quote by Oscar Hijuelos

The best books are those which lift us to a higher plane where we breathe a purer atmosphere.

— Orison Swett Marden

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child

My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we're doing on this planet.

— Barry Lopez

I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

— Diana Gabaldon

A good book is an event in my life.

— Stendhal

Most people would rather not hear about the environment because it's scary, so my goal was to write something that was readable so that…

— Alan Weisman

In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.

— Laura Lippman

Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the book I'm…

— Nelson DeMille

Unlike many travel books I didn't set out to travel with the idea of writing a book in mind.

— Chesa Boudin

Whatever I've worked on, I've always tried to make my writing personal. I think that's what makes my books somewhat different from what other…

— Leonard Mlodinow

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin…

— Mercedes Lackey