If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a…

How do I start writing a book? I sit there, I come up with an opening line, and then I go little by little.…

— Nick Tosches

I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about…

— J. A. Jance

We'd decided to write a book about two friends. I gave her some coffee and then we sat there not knowing what to do.…

— Alison McGhee

Scheduling me is not easy, as most people know, because once I start, I don't stop.

— Donna Karan

I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

— Ann Patchett

The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always had in you. Once…

— Shirley Jackson

As you'll know yourself, there are these moments when you're writing a book when one remark or moment will pull everything together and you'll…

— Maggie O'Farrell

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