Just like so many things in life, the secret to writing a…

“I am writing this book so the doers, the drivers, and the hard workers out there will have a Step-By-Step ultra-practical guide that will…

— Clay Clark

“There is more to writing a book than just writing a book.”

— John Morris Benson

Don’t ever trust anyone who’s writing a book. They make up lies for a living.

— Rosemary Clement-Moore

One's head is finite. You pour more and more things into it - surnames, chronologies, affiliations - and it packs them away in its…

— Nicholson Baker

“Each life lived eventually became a book. How a single letter becomes a word, becomes a sentence, becomes a paragraph, before finally becoming a…

— Betta Ferrendelli

So I thought I should write five pages a day. And that's what I did. Eventually I had a book.

— Don Winslow

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 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

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

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