Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If art doesn't make us... →
Alice Walker
I started writing as a child. But I didn't think of myself actually writing until I was in college. And I had gone to Africa as a sophomore or... →
I start each book when it's ready and never before.
I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write.
Karen Thompson Walker
I was a book editor for nine years. I'm familiar with the opposite experience, bracing myself for the likelihood that no one would want to... →
When I was about eight, I decided that the most wonderful thing, next to a human being, was a book.
Margaret Walker
When I was a child I devoured every book I could get my hands on. I loved losing myself in colourful and dramatic stories - and my absolute favourite... →
David Walliams
I love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it's over in two minutes. When you write a... →
People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.
Whenever I'm reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with.
Jeannette Walls