All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened.
Love is the only energy I’ve ever used as a writer. I’ve never written out of anger, although anger has informed love.
Novels begin not on the page, but in meditation and daydreaming—in thinking, not writing.
The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You’re there, listening to every word, but part of you is observing. Everything is useful to a writer, you see—every scrap, even the longest and most boring of luncheon parties.
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
I don’t think of literature as an end in itself. It’s just a way of communicating something.
An obstacle is often a stepping stone.
Being a writer means taking the leap from listening to saying, “Listen to me”.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
I don’t think of literature as an end in itself. It’s just a way of communicating something.
Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.
The best effect of any book is that it excites the reader to self-activity.
Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.
If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.
About no subject are poets tempted to lie so much as about their own lives.
Writing is like sex; you don’t have to wait until you’re an expert to begin doing it.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
To live a creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong.
Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time.
Don't take rest after your first victory..
Because if you fail in second,more lips are waiting to say that Your first victory was just luck ..
By: Dr.A.P.J ABDUL KALAM
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.