“Pages, for the most part, live out their long lives in the dark, keeping hidden what inky burdens they bear, pressed tightly against their neighbors, communicating nothing, until suddenly, like the lightbulb in the refrigerator that seems to be always on but almost never is, one of them is called upon to speak––and it does.” ~ Nicholson Baker

Source: The Way the World Works

 

“We are probably more widely read than we suspect. But every single remark is a genuine, welcome surprise – or at least confirms I’m not howling into the wind.” ~ Roz Morris

Source: Nail Your Novel Blog

“A book is a souvenir of an idea. ” ~Seth Godin

Source: Interview – Seth Godin on Books

“Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it’s a way to make contact with reality after a day of making things up, and it’s a way of making contact with someone else’s imagination after a day that’s all too real.”

~Nora Ephron

Source: Stephanie Dayes on Facebook

“Speed-reading is one reason editors and, not incidentally,  book reviewers can be so utterly wrongheaded about a particular work of art.” ~Robert Olen Butler

Source: From Where You Dream. The process of writing fiction.

“But experience has also taught me that readers, for better or worse, will approach your work with a jaundiced eye and an itch to judge. While your grammar shouldn’t be a reflection of your creative powers or writing abilities, let’s face it — it usually is.” ~Jon Gingerich

Source: 20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes