Book Quote by A. S. Byatt

I don't believe that there are dangerous writers: the danger of certain books is not in the books themselves but in the passions of…

— Octavio Paz

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is…

— E. L. Doctorow

Having books published is very destructive to writing.

— Ernest Hemingway

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.

— H. L. Mencken

Writing is taking a risk, and it is actually fighting invisible and invincible enemies. They are over-confidence, stupidity, expectation and narcissism.

— Andrea Hirata

Books are, at their heart, dangerous. Yes, dangerous. Because they challenge us: our prejudices, our blind spots. They open us to new ideas, new…

— Libba Bray

It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“Writers live with fear. Some writers cannot deal with the fear, and so they quit or refuse to publish. In order to write, you…

— Patrick Mcmanus

Why does the writing make us chase the writer? Why can't we leave well enough alone? Why aren't the books enough?

— Julian Barnes

The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Only another writer can know how much damage writing a novel can do to you. It's an unnatural activity to sit at a desk…

— Norman Mailer

“writing a story is dangerous more dangerous then anyone can know. Its planting small seeds of ideas into peoples minds. Some can grow and…

— Natalie Stein