I write a book at least three times-once to understand it…

I love seeing the light go on in aspiring writers' eyes when you point out ways to improve their prose or their story -…

— F. Paul Wilson

An American critic wrote that she would rather be forced to read the New York telephone directory three times than watch the film A…

— Peter Greenaway

You write a book, and after 50 pages you think it's about one thing, and then you write another hundred and you realize it's…

— Jami Attenberg

You have to learn how to write each book.

— Kate DiCamillo

You know, I feel like my job is to write a book. Then filmmakers come and they make a movie. And they're two really…

— Ayelet Waldman

Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad,…

— David Thewlis

I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.

— Ann Patchett

I like embracing kind of normal forms but am always trying to approach them as if no one's ever done that before. As if…

— Miranda July

I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

I wanted to write a book about two women falling in love that wasn't hinged on tragedy or that involved some horrible identity-based misfortune.…

— Camille Perri

When you write a book, people legitimise it by actually reading the book and so it's almost okay to write another one.

— Eoin Macken

If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos.

— Diana Abu-Jaber

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

— Diana Gabaldon

I sometimes think I should write a book. I've seen some things, you know, but it's all there in the songs.

— Dizzee Rascal