Books Quote by Siri Hustvedt

“Writing is a way of remaking the world, both for the writer and reader.”

— Mark Rubinstein

“Writing novels allows you to create your own world.”

— Norman Shabel

“writers are like gods in their own little universes, constantly weaving lives, worlds, people, relationships and conflicts into existence.”

— Yefon Isabelle

“Writing is all at once an exploration of what is, and what is not. Of the known, and the unknown. A journey into the…

— Madelaine Standing

“Writers are creatures of habit, as are humans, but writers aren’t necessarily human, are they?”

— Alyssa Hubbard

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West

“It also seems that the unhappy writers are the enduring writer. Hampered or limited by their suffering, literature becomes their focus and salvation, forcing…

— Cirilo F. Bautista

“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

“The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, and it smells good. Writing is mere writing,…

— Annie Dillard

“Writing novels allows the novelist to spend much of his time in a fictional world, which is really the only or at least the…

— Javier Marías

“Each story in its own right is a book.”

— n/a

“The writing of novels is one of the few ways I have found to approach the altar of God and Creation itself. You try…

— Pat Conroy