“On Wednesday, during what the American Library Association has deemed Banned Books Week, more than a dozen best-selling authors, including Michael Connelly, Judy Blume and Nikki Grimes, said they are uniting to take a stand against censorship in the state's schools and libraries.”— Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, npr.org
“I actually love events, and I love speaking to people and especially love having the chance to hear from young readers—but a single event can take me days to recover from, even virtually and from the comfort of my home.”— Kacen Callender, kacencallender.com
“Female friendship is tricky. Friends arrive. Friends fade. Friends get jealous! Friends fight!”— Liana Satenstein, vogue.com
“I’ve always thought that writing poetry has very little to do with the intellect. It’s not something one can explain and chat about very easily: certainly not about the making of it. It’s very resistant to explanation. It comes from a place that is occult, in the sense of being hidden. It attends to…”— Robin Robertson, Rachel Cooke, theguardian.com
“What works now is content that galvanizes people. Instagram pages that turn into book deals have followers that do more than just smile and keep scrolling. These pages can show that the content is being reposted and shared to people who aren’t even on Instagram. Those are the signs of an Instagram b…”— Rachel Vogel, Rachel Kramer Bussel, forbes.com
“Seriously, though, not buying a book until the series is complete because you're mad at some authors for not finishing theirs is a great way to ensure there won't be any more books.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“Books and writers give such immense and unexpected comfort, it really is something else. Grateful, as ever.”— Lisa Lucas, twitter.com
“I can't stress enough how many private emails were sent, by many people, and how much we did NOT want this to go so badly. We're tired. We want to write our books and go to public events and not be touched and harassed. That is all. Please.”— Ally Condie, twitter.com
“If you pirate a book and enjoy it, you’ll want more from that author, right? But you stole it, so the writer didn’t get paid. The publisher didn’t see sales. No more books from that author. You hurt writer, publisher, AND readers. Get it from a library if you can’t afford to buy.”— Alan Baxter, twitter.com
“Nobody gets to know Neil. I don’t either. I’ve been with him nearly a decade and I still find gigantic surprises lurking around every corner.”— Amanda Palmer, thetimes.co.uk
“If you ever wonder "should I write to an author to tell them I love their work?" The answer is always yes. You are not annoying them. You are fueling them.”— Mackenzi Lee, twitter.com
“I'm increasingly asked about sensitivity readers and my personal belief is that they *can* be a good tool, but they are NOT The Answer. The Answer is for the author to consult experts, do the research, put in the time, and understand why they're writing what they're writing. Writing, especially abou…”— Milanda Lo, twitter.com
“I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.”— Sophie Kinsella, independent.co.uk
“I’m sometimes asked how I would like to be remembered. I’ve had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science populariser. Of all these, I want to be remembered most as a writer — one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well.”— Arthur C. Clarke, clarkefoundation.org
“We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“You find certain writers who when they write, it makes your own brain voice like a tuning fork, and you just resonate with them … And I sometimes have a hard time understanding how people who don’t have that in their lives make it through the day.”— David Foster Wallace, medium.com
“I think a lot of people still fantasize about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.”— Sophie Kinsella, independent.co.uk
“Of many books, one feels, 'it could have been truly good, if the author's appetite for suffering had been greater.'”— Alain de Botton, twitter.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