I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books. Michael Connelly
I thought that strange syntax was the language of story books. I didn't realize those were poor translations... English from Edwardian times. Sandra Cisneros
I tried to reject everything I knew as a TV writer when I decided to be a novelist, and the books didn't work. Finally I realized I should go back to all the techniques I'd learned. Robert Crais
I use my fiction to explore my own unconscious issues. I usually don't even know what's going on with me until I'm writing. That doesn't mean my books are autobiographical. Janet Fitch
I used to write my books at night when I was a freelancer with no children. I used to really work in huge spurts - I could turn around a revision in two weeks, I used to be able to write 10,000 words a day. It's like, 'Wow, what happened to that?' That's just gone. Melissa de la Cruz
I want those young whipper-snappers to know that in days past we actually used to kill trees and make those things called books. Eric Jerome Dickey
I was a very observant child. The boys in my books are based on boys in my neighborhood growing up. Beverly Cleary
I write in the morning - and then I'm always experimenting and tasting recipes for the books. Diane Mott Davidson
I'm a pretty decent writer. It comes easy to me. I don't agonize over sentences. I write like I talk. I try to make them good books.Anthony Bourdain
I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you? Harlan Coben
I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books. Lynn Abbey
I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of brief texts collected together, short stories, or else they are books that have an overall structure but are composed of various texts. Italo Calvino
I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of brief texts collected together, short stories, or else they are books that have an overall structure but are composed of various texts. Italo Calvino
I'm very lucky. I'm very fortunate that my books have never gone out of print - none of them. Paula Danziger
I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way. Jonathan Ames
I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer. Robert Cormier