Chapters Quote by Peta Credlin

I like to think I'm positive and optimistic about things generally, but what I write does tend towards the darker end of the spectrum.

— Tim Lebbon

Everything I write is about me.

— Mika

I will take all the adversities in my life as a sharpner that sharpens my personality time and again, which will help me to…

— Aruna Rai

It's always painful when you're writing memoirs because you've got to go through the dark places, but it gives you a chance to find…

— Neil Simon

When I'm writing, I'm thinking, "Well, this might be a book that I'll always be happy with, and certainly readers will be happy with."…

— John Edgar Wideman

Usually you tend to glean much more information about your character from what other people say about you, rather than how it's described in…

— Sean Bean

“When I write, I go to live inside the book. By which I mean, mentally I can experience everything I’m writing about. I can…

— Tanith Lee

When you realize the writers start writing to who you are, you're basically reading reviews of yourself. And then it becomes this cyclical nightmare…

— Ben Feldman

I try and write honestly about what I see around me now.

— Billy Bragg

I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.

— Wally Lamb

People have told me that everything about me, every facet of my life, psyche, experiences, dreams, and fears, are laid out explicitly in my…

— Philip K. Dick

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters…

— Alice Hoffman