Writing a book is like dating. It's exciting. It's dreamy…

Because as any writer will tell you, an IDEA for a book is like falling in love, it's all wild emotion and headlong rush,…

— Ben H. Winters

Writing a book is like loving someone. It can be very painful.

— Joel Dicker

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone…

— Sharon Cameron

“Writing a book is like quilting. Once you start, keep on until it's finished.”

— Reba Birmingham

“Writing a book is like washing an elephant. You don't know from where you should start and where you should end.”

— Yashvardhan Shukla

I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where…

— Deb Caletti

“Writing a book is like raising a child, the only difference is you don’t have the fucking part in writing a book.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what…

— Azgraybebly Josland

“Writing a book is like pulling strands out of your soul, one by one, until one day instead of a mess it finally looks…

— Ksenia Anske

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

— Catherine Mayer

The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on.

— Brian Tracy

“Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.”

— Kevis Hendrickson

Writing a book is a brilliant thing because once you've finished it, you've done it, and there's the potential for it to go on…

— Tom Hodgkinson

These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather…

— Elmore Leonard

Writing a book is an adventure.

— Winston Churchill