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Authors go on writing books, and so we go on reading them. It is a sad state of affairs.
— Elizabeth Aston
Let us welcome controversial books and controversial authors.
— John F. Kennedy
i am infinitely yearningbrimming
and overflowing
in words
i discover
it's another way
for me
to be in tears. — Sanober Khan
I live within my daydreams and nightmares; through that, I have learned to create, and I never cease from doing so.
— Shannon A. Thompson
Write something worth reading and your voice will be heard.
— Teresa Mummert
Writing is a vessel ... with readers the ocean and authors as its sails ...
— William Petersen
Writers are like tricksters. Their words lure us to embark on journeys and unlock our emotions.
— Ogwo David Emenike
Why do I write? Because I like telling stories and I don't like repeating myself (insert chuckle here).
— Najeev Raj Nadarajah
I am inspired to write, and I write to inspire.
— R.L. Hemlock
The more I know about God, I am convinced He likes to read books and authors are His librarians. Every soul is a story waiting to be read.
— Shannon L. Alder
There is probably no hell for authors in the next worldthey suffer so much from critics and publishers in this one. — C.N. Bovee
The best way of writing sex scenes is to do the first draft, orgasm, and then start editing. You can be objective post-orgasm.
— Christos Tsiolkas
I find that is the best way to write during emotional scenes ... put yourself and your emotions in every single word.-Nina Jean Slack
— Nina Jean Slack
Writing is not 'lonely work' but "alone work'; authors are known to be reclusive and like spending time with themselves.
— Brie Edison
Authors are merely the medium between the words and the page.
— Caron Kamps Widden
Good horror offers a sense of an upended, lawless world and that's appealing to anyone who grew up feeling like an outsider.
— Christopher Rice
I couldn't admit to any of the boys I hung out with that I wanted to fuck 'em, so my erotic life was in my imagination and in the body.
— Christos Tsiolkas
There is a difference between writing and being an author. Authors talk. I'm standing here talking now. This has nothing to do with writing.
— T. R. Pearson
There's writing power in one word sentences and one sentence paragraphs. Wise authors use them. -Judith Briles
— Judith Briles
The only way to write is to write. Writers write. And when they've written, they write some more.
— Jasper Fforde
It has long been a theory of mine and I am known, if I do say so, for my long theories that authors, generally speaking, are rotten letter writers.
— Cleveland Amory
Pretend you're not spending $3 to read one of my books but buying me a coffee and having a conversation about yourself.
— Robin Sacredfire
One of the things I have come up against time and again in my career is the notion that because a book is easy to read it was somehow easy to write.
— Matthew Reilly
Some build their castles 'mid thunderbolts and fireworks. My worlds take shape in silence.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.
— Ken Follett
And you out there: Aren't you somehow right here with me?
— Garth Risk Hallberg
We write to strengthen our soul and the spirit of other souls.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Writers will often find themselves steering by stars that are disturbingly in motion.
— William Strunk Jr.
Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free.
— Samuel Johnson
Even monarchs have need of authors, and fear their pens more than ugly women the painter's pencil.
— Baltasar Gracian
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.
— Salman Rushdie
Hard core authors are determined about their craft, and they know that building a brand entails hard work. They eat, breathe and live their writing.:
— Geraldine Solon
In my imagination, the Editor meditated in a mountain-cave, espoused the rules of grammar, and frowned upon speculative fiction.
— Josh Malerman
To most, being locked away in solitary with nothing but pen and paper would prove a hard punishment. What a strange creature who views this as heaven.
— Richelle E. Goodrich
Quit smoking in the hope of growing old. It takes a long time to write. People go to books for wisdom and older authors tend to have more of it.
— Barbara Kingsolver
The only man she ever loved. And hated.
— Mary Papas
When the vision fill yours mind and passio hits your gut, the need to write it down cannot be stifled.
— Marti Melville
i want to bleed ink and shit prose.
— Jonathan Culver
It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.
— Dani Shapiro
Success and talent aren't even in the same neighborhood.
— Jenny Trout
The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic.
— Julian Barnes
I enjoy writing alone, naked and unbothered.
— M.F. Moonzajer
There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family.
— Garrison Keillor
Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.
— H.L. Mencken
He was after all, a novelist ... and a novelist was simply a fellow who got paid to tell lies. The bigger the lies, the better the pay.
— Stephen King
That is what War is, I thought: two ships pass each other, and nobody waves his hand.
— Christopher Isherwood
As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.
— Paul Di Filippo
Try writing an entire story with only a thousand words at your disposal. It's a terrific lesson in economy and precession.
— Darynda Jones
Write and your experiences with others. Never underestimate your writings. It can bring hope and inspiration to many people.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
What is your advice to young writers?" "Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes. — Charles Bukowski
The centuries are sprinkled with rare magicwith divine creatures
who help us get past the common and extraordinary ills that beset us — Charles Bukowski
