A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world." [ , Frankfurt Book Fair, October 12, 2003]
The broken spine of the book shows the webbing of binder's string, and my fingers have worn white spots in the cover.
Pause while reading a book only in case of two things: 1. To kiss 2. To sip coffee Too bad both are a luxury.
Books have a vital place in our culture. They are the source of ideas, of stories that engage and stretch the imagination and most importantly, inspire.
I'm spectacularly disorganised. I wrote my latest book in seven different notebooks scattered throughout my house.
Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.
You know how it is when you're reading a book and falling asleep, you're reading, reading... and all of a sudden you notice your eyes are closed? I'm like that all the time.
Books most certainly don't write themselves, but life does. When in doubt about what to write, use your own life.
I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.
I basically did comedy there for about a year, and then moved to New York. If I had it to do over again, I would have booked myself on the road for at least a year.
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.
All that Mankind has done, thought, gained or been is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of Books. They are the chosen possession of men.
'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable.
And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.
My most successful books, the ones that I feel the strongest about, are the ones that started with a premise that for me was deeply emotional.
It's red hot, mate. I hate to think of this sort of book getting in the wrong hands. As soon as I've finished this, I shall recommend they ban it.
Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.
Sometimes a book isn't a heartbreaking work of staggering genius. Sometimes it's the only story you knew how to tell.
If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering.
I started writing serious books so late because I knew I'd be accused of riding on my father's coattails.
Frazzled and delirious, as I've just finished a new book of stories. I feel like Moses staggering down the mountainside with the tablets of stone.
