Usually, the creating of the book happens while I'm…

Your book grows. The early part of your book is growing still while you are writing the later part of your book.

— Walter Mosley

I just focus on getting the first scene right, with a few lines about the overall plot, and then the book grows organically.

— Alexander McCall Smith

Creating a book and creating a collection involve a lot of editing.

— Anna Sui

I prefer always to think that I am creating a book, not a series of stand-alone poems.

— Martha Ronk

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten. I am very happy when…

— Richard Scarry

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten.

— Richard Scarry

It's not even my job to educate, but what I do is try to facilitate by creating a book that works on different levels.…

— Graeme Base

There's almost always a point in a book where something happens that triggers the rest of the plot.

— Jonathan Carroll

“the way I used to turn the pages of a book to find out what happens in the final chapter”

— Rachel Cusk

“I’ve read somewhere in a book when something happens that is unbearable to you, sometimes, time stops. Like your inner clock just stops working,…

— Katja Michael

I’d much rather pretend I’m somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.

— Jodi Picoult

“I guess what I'm trying to say is that sometimes you can love a book not so much because of what it's about or…

— Sarah Combs

You always need that spark of imagination. Sometimes I'm midway through a book before it happens. However, I don't wait for the muse to…

— Barbara Kingsolver

Life is like a book. There are good chapters, and there are bad chapters. But when you get to a bad chapter, you don’t…

— Brian Falkner

“No thanks; I'd much rather pretend I'm somewhere else, and any time I open the pages of a book, that happens.”

— Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer