There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what…

“What could be more lovely than writing a book about something you love?”

— Mark Helprin

If I'm not writing a book, I'm doing promotion for a book. One thing I love to do is go off with my husband…

— Ruth Glick

Have more than one idea on the go at any one time. If it's a choice between writing a book and doing nothing I…

— Geoff Dyer

Writing a book is about me doing the work to get from the obsessive particular to something that reaches out of that in some…

— Lucy Corin

I don't actually talk about my books much, because I find if I talk about them I don't want to write them anymore. I…

— Charles de Lint

The best time to plan a book is while you're doing the dishes.

— Agatha Christie

“Don't tell me you're reading it,' she said, as if I were doing something to the book, whereas in fact the book was doing…

— Sara Levine

I think, always, with a new book, I get nervous. I think mostly it is because work is really important to me, and a…

— Nick Hornby

“The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. ”

— Agatha Christie

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

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