I don't think I want to write a third book. But the more…

I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.

— Billy Bob Thornton

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.

— Sharyn McCrumb

I always said that I want to write a book about success and my story and my brand and everything that goes with it,…

— Reem Acra

I will say I highly recommend, if you want to write a book also, have a child in the midst of that process because…

— Dave Itzkoff

“You must feel it from within. You must want to write the book. You must desire to write the book”

— Emily Gowor

I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write…

— Sophie Kinsella

I didn't want to write the same book over and over.

— George Pelecanos

“I want to write a book like a cloud that changes as it goes.”

— Ronald Sukenick

“I want to write a book again,” I said to Sam on a blazingly hot afternoon on the veranda of the Red Tin Roof.”

— Jacques Pauw

you want to write a book for so many reasons ... The main reason ... is because it will make you well-known and beloved…

— Helen Gurley Brown

I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it.

— Grace Slick

“A lot of teenagers write to me and say "I want to write a book. I want to get published." And those are two…

— Maureen Johnson

I didn't want to write another book about fraudulence.

— Ben Lerner

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

— Robert Crais

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