You don't want to dwell on your enemies, you know. I basically feel so superior to my critics for the simple reason that they haven't done... →
John Irving
I sometimes think that what I do as a writer is make a kind of colouring book, where all the lines are there, and then you put in the colour.
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly... →
More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two... →
Walter Isaacson
At the end of the day, I'm just trying to write a song that I like, that I'm not afraid to turn loose on the world. I do read a lot. I know a... →
Jason Isbell
I want my words to survive translation. I know when I write a book now I will have to go and spend three days being intensely interrogated by... →
Kazuo Ishiguro
When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film.
I had been plunged into a different world. I found myself spending half my time answering weird questions on book tours in the Midwest. People would... →
People aren't quite sure what it means when a book is a Booker Prize winner. They're not quite sure what is being recommended, what literary... →
The book was at a reasonably high position on the New York Times... before I was in the country. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to... →