“One of my regrets would be that I will never again have the pleasure of sneaking into a cafe, any cafe I like, sitting down and diving into my world and no one knowing what I am doing and no one bothering about me and being totally anonymous, that was fantastic.”— J.K Rowling, news.bbc.co.uk
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”— Toni Morrison, books.google.com
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“A short story is a different thing all together – a short story is like a kiss in the dark from a stranger.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it, that’s all.”— Stephen King, amazon.com
“Man was very fortunate to have invented the book. Without it the past would completely vanish, and we would be left with nothing, we would be naked on earth.”— James Salter, amazon.com
“Kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings.”— Stephen King, thewritepractice.com
“Certain books are apparently written not so that we may learn from them but to demonstrate the fact that the author knew something.”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, amazon.com
“The greatest respect an author can have for his public is never to produce what is expected but what he himself considers right and useful for whatever stage of intellectual development have been reached by himself and others.”— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, amazon.com
“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these a…”— Robin Williams, amazon.com
“The most heartbreaking thing about it is: the better you got, the harder you have to work–because your standards will rise with your ability. I mentioned 'work'–it's the wrong word: because if you're serious, the whole creative process is attended with pleasure in a form which very few people ever k…”— Shelby Foote, amazon.com
“I don’t think writer’s block is what people think it is. When I feel ‘stuck’ or apathetic about what I’m working on, it almost always means I shouldn’t be doing it. The problem is either that I don’t have a clear idea of what I want to say, or I’m trying to write it in a way that is too far removed…”— Brianna Wiest, girllostinthecity.com
“It is 4am. Your perfume is on Everything, on me On all the world – you Are all around, you Are all of my tattered Senses and no poetry, No song, no writing, Nothing in the world Will make this better.”— David Jones, amazon.com
“In short, when it comes to an instant fix for everyday happiness, certain types of writing have a surprisingly quick and large impact. Expressing gratitude, thinking about a perfect future, and affectionate writing have been scientifically proven to work—and all they require is a pen, a piece of pap…”— Richard Wiseman, amazon.com