You can't write a book in Heaven

“There is a big difference between an imperfect book that is read and a perfect book that is never written”

— Don Newman

“I am a storyteller and experience the bliss of writing.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“I journal my joy, and my joy expands exponentially forevermore. So be it.”

— Amy Leigh Mercree

“A writer can never escape the labyrinth of words inside his mind.”

— K.D. Green

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

— Diana Gabaldon

I should write a book. I've always wanted to write a book. I should write a book about kids who see dead people.

— George Noory

Can you write a book and have children at the same time? Yes, if you're content to do it very very slowly.

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

People sometimes ask who I would cast in my books and I never have any idea. I don't think I could ever write a…

— Jess Walter

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 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

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

— Diana Abu-Jaber

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

“Sometimes we don't know where we are going until we get there.”

— Jacqueline Simon Gunn