Deserted libraries hold the shades of writers who worked within, and are haunted by their absence.
Alberto ManguelPen-bereavement is a serious matter.
Anne FadimanTags: humor writing writers pen pens
There is something fascinatingly awkward about an author photo. I'm drawn to those glossy shots in the back of books, mostly because the subjects never look happy to be there.
Pamela RibonA writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.
Ernest HemingwayTags: writers
Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.
Walter BagehotTags: writers
Every author really wants to have letters printed in the paper. Unable to make the grade, he drops down a rung of the ladder and writes novels.
P.G. WodehouseWe all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If it wasn't for our longing for these things, I doubt the novel or the short story would exist in its current form. I'm not going to say much more on the topic. Just remember: In dictatorships, only one person is really allowed to speak. And when I write a book or a story, I too am the only one speaking, no matter how I hide behind my characters.
Junot DíazTags: writing writers authors novels short-stories
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.
Edna St. Vincent MillayTags: writing writers publishing
But then, that’s the beauty of writing stories—each one is an exploratory journey in search of a reason and a shape. And when you find that reason and that shape, there’s no feeling like it."
[Peter Wild Interviews TC Boyle, 3:AM Magazine, June 2003]
Tags: art writing writers stories fiction creation
Writers should be read, but neither seen nor heard.
Daphne du MaurierTags: writers
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