Books instantly transport you from reality to a world of fiction where anything literally anything is possible. Perhaps mankind has not witnessed any greater pleasure than being curled up in bed with a book and a mug of coffee. As easy as it is for us to be lost in the pages of a book, it is equally painstaking a work for the writer to weave words. As famous playwright Eugene Ionesco once said, "A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." Had it not been for the hard work of prolific and talented writers, we would have been devoid of experiencing a gratification that could never be captured in words. Writers like Nadine Gordimer and D. H. Lawrence defied norms and yet their works are popular among readers even today. Shakespeare is known to have contributed as many as 1700 words to the English language. Read the views and opinions of some eminent and timeless writers on life and other things, in their own words.