Book Quote by Aaron Council

Any fool can write a book and most of them are doing it; but it takes brains to build a house.

— Charles Fletcher Lummis

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

— J. G. Ballard

“Any fool can make history, but it takes a genius to write it.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Any fool can make things complicated, it requires a genius to make things simple”

— E.F. Schumacher

“A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. if you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in first.…

— Ann M. Noser

“If I could do this book properly it would be one of the really fine books and a truly American book. But I am…

— John Steinbeck

Any fool may write a most valuable book by chance, if he will only tell us what he heard and saw with veracity.

— Thomas Gray

“Every reader writes the book he or she reads, supplying what isn't there, and that creative invention becomes the book.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“If living is to progress, if you are lucky, from foolishness to wisdom, then to write novels is to broadcast the various stages of…

— Jane Smiley

“There are literally hundreds of other micro-experiences and incredible experiences that help shape the book. But what really drove it home for me was…

— Richie Norton

“Our power is patience. We have discovered that writing allows even a stupid person to seem halfway intelligent, if only that person will write…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“I invent stories, confront one with another, and by this means I ask questions. The stupidity of people comes from having an answer to…

— Milan Kundera