Writing a book is exactly like love. You don’t hold back…

“Writing is a physical art. And writing a book is a lot more like making a complex sculpture out of bronze than writing a…

— Heather Sellers

Writing a book is an adventure.

— Winston Churchill

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 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

“The right book exactly, at exactly the right time.”

— Robin Sloan

When we want a book exactly like the one we just finished reading, what we really want is to recreate that pleasurable experience--the headlong…

— Nancy Pearl

A clerk and a ladder and warm golden light, and then: the right book exactly, at exactly the right time.

— Robin Sloan

Nothing can compare to creating characters and worlds out of thin air with your friends and making a book exactly the way you think…

— Rick Remender

After that, the book will fade, the way all books fade in your mind. But I hope you will remember this: A man walking…

— Robin Sloan

By the end of the time I'm writing a book, I'm tearing my hair out and I want to go do stand-up. And then…

— Michael Ian Black

I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood. We all…

— Shakti Gawain

Do you know what writing a book is? It's sitting alone in a room for weeks without making contact with another human. I felt…

— Jon Stewart

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another…

— Mario Batali

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

— Kevis Hendrickson

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