Decent Quote by Tama Janowitz

People who have life-challenging experiences who choose to remain invested in a consistent catastrophic interpretation are not the ones I meet. I have met…

— Marianne Williamson

Why the hell would I want to read about myself?

— Fab Moretti

Anyone who can only write about themselves or their life experiences, in my mind, isn't a very good writer.

— Robert Rodriguez

It’s a rare reader who doesn’t go to the novel looking for a kind of encouragement to live.

— Norman Rush

I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.

— Karen Kingsbury

There is little character or loveliness in the face of someone who has shunned risk, avoided suffering and rejected life

— Madeleine L'Engle

All you have is the writer's imagination. You have a very limited time to take this imaginary person and bring the details of their…

— John Malkovich

“I am a reader. A reader isn’t someone who just likes to read, but someone who feels such a strong attachment to a book…

— Me

“There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in…

— Theodore Roosevelt

How does it happen that a writer who's not even very good - and I can say that, I've read four or five of…

— Stephen King

What is more tragic than to see a person who has risen to the disciplined heights of tough-mindedness but has at the same time…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

I've been lucky in my life to have a couple of really amazing connections with people. For me, it's more about someone who has…

— Jack Draper