“ I became an artist because I wanted to be an active participant in the conversation about art. Kamand Kojouri
“ She might not have read many books. But when she reads a book, she swallows the very words. If you open the books on her shelves, you will find that the front and back covers encase white pages. Kamand Kojouri
“ If you write then you are reborn because by writing about the moment, you can relive it for a second time. Kamand Kojouri
“ Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don't undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you want the water to touch you. You want to completely immerse yo… Kamand Kojouri
“ Sometimes, when inspiration runs dry, I drink classical music until my words spill out. Kamand Kojouri
“ I remember calling the council's cemetery department to ask about body decomposition in different soil types. Once they had verified that I was a novelist and not a sicko, they were extremely helpful. Sara Sheridan
“ Sometimes I don't even know why I'm writing what I'm writing...I'm just following these people around and taking notes. P. Anastasia
“ I was forced to wander, having no one, forced by my nature to keep wandering because wandering was the only thing that I believed in, and the only thing that believed in me. Roman Payne
“ Who is better off? The one who writes to revel in the voluptuousness of the life that surrounds them? Or the one who writes to escape the tediousness of that which awaits them outside? Whose flame wil… Roman Payne
“ As a historical novelist, there is very little I like more than spending time sorting through boxes of old letters, diaries, maps, trinkets, and baubles. Sara Sheridan
“ The novelist is required to create the illusion of a whole world with believable people in it, and the chief difference between the novelist who is an orthodox Christian and the novelist who is merely… Flannery O'Connor
“ As you write your novel, you gradually start thinking like some of your characters in it. And at times the writer may lose himself completely in some character. Avijeet Das
“ People make interesting assumptions about the profession. The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two. Sara Sheridan
