---
title: "22 Book Writer Quotes by 20 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Book Writer quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Book Writer sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/margot-livesey-24166_book_he-said-everyone-had-a-book-or-a-writer_1245590.jpg"
---

> [“he said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-livesey/he-said-everyone-had-a-book-or-a-writer-that-was-the-key-to-their-life/)

[Margot Livesey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margot-livesey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/margot-livesey-24166_book_he-said-everyone-had-a-book-or-a-writer_1245590.jpg)

> [Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-day/readers-want-a-good-book-it-s-a-writer-s-job-to-give-it-to-them/)

[Sylvia Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-day/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/sylvia-day-563_book_readers-want-a-good-book-it-s-a-writer-s_959888.png)

> [I'm not Mr. Hollywood. I'm a book writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-m-not-mr-hollywood-i-m-a-book-writer/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/michael-connelly-1004_book_i-m-not-mr-hollywood-i-m-a-book-writer-8_854112.jpg)

> [My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/my-dream-was-and-always-had-been-to-write-a-book-to-be-a-writer/)

[Deb Caletti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deb-caletti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/deb-caletti-697_always_my-dream-was-and-always-had-been-to-writ_943647.png)

> [“Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-thurlow/between-the-lines-of-every-book-the-writer-reveals-their-own-secrets/)

[Chloe Thurlow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-thurlow/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/chloe-thurlow-8642_authors_between-the-lines-of-every-book-the-writ_70077.jpg)

> [“Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer? A: Explaining what that is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/q-best-part-about-being-a-musical-theatre-book-writer-a-explaining/)

[Christy Hall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-hall/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/christy-hall-10789_book_q-best-part-about-being-a-musical-theatr_971457.jpg)

> [Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sondheim/sometimes-i-ll-ask-the-book-writer-to-write-a-monologue-not-to-be/)

[Stephen Sondheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-sondheim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/stephen-sondheim-1556_asks_sometimes-i-ll-ask-the-book-writer-to-wr_3215057.jpg)

> [The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-something-a-writer-is-lucky-2/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/ernest-hemingway-83_book_the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-som_2586036.jpg)

> [No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/no-book-that-is-written-for-an-external-purpose-is-going-to-be-a/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/elizabeth-kostova-6991_book_no-book-that-is-written-for-an-external_1265848.png)

> [Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/normally-what-you-re-envious-of-is-a-book-not-a-writer-standards/)

[James Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-salter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/james-salter-2584_book_normally-what-you-re-envious-of-is-a-boo_87195.jpg)

> [Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howe/sometimes-i-wish-i-were-a-character-in-a-book-and-there-was-a-writer/)

[James Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-howe/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/james-howe-12263_book_sometimes-i-wish-i-were-a-character-in-a_1326124.jpg)

> [The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-something-a-writer-is-lucky/)

[Ernest Hemingway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-hemingway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/ernest-hemingway-83_book_the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-som_903870.jpg)

> [By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've examined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sondheim/by-the-time-i-get-through-writing-a-score-i-know-the-book-better-than/)

[Stephen Sondheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-sondheim/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/stephen-sondheim-1556_book_by-the-time-i-get-through-writing-a-scor_504621.jpg)

> [With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/with-a-book-i-am-the-writer-and-i-am-also-the-director-and-i-m-all-of/)

[George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-r-r-martin-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/george-r-r-martin-2-926_actors_with-a-book-i-am-the-writer-and-i-am-als_293262.jpg)

> [Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as someone who wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/becoming-a-writer-can-kind-of-spoil-your-reading-because-you-kind-of/)

[Homer Hickam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/homer-hickam/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/homer-hickam-10698_becoming_becoming-a-writer-can-kind-of-spoil-your_855259.jpg)

> [I learned that you have to respect how much time and work a writer has put into their book. I always give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sampsell/i-learned-that-you-have-to-respect-how-much-time-and-work-a-writer/)

[Kevin Sampsell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-sampsell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/kevin-sampsell-28357_book_i-learned-that-you-have-to-respect-how-m_2771893.png)

> [“...if he can write a book at all, a writer cannot do it by peeping over his shoulder at somebody else, any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-m-cain/if-he-can-write-a-book-at-all-a-writer-cannot-do-it-by-peeping-over/)

[James M. Cain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-m-cain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/james-m-cain-14109_books_if-he-can-write-a-book-at-all-a-writer-c_2593408.jpg)

> [Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/books-are-just-dead-words-on-paper-and-it-is-the-readers-who-bring/)

[Michael Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-scott/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/michael-scott-1216_age_books-are-just-dead-words-on-paper-and-i_3111427.png)

> [The prime function of the children's book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/the-prime-function-of-the-children-s-book-writer-is-to-write-a-book/)

[Roald Dahl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roald-dahl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/roald-dahl-899_affair_the-prime-function-of-the-children-s-boo_1384990.jpg)

> [After you publish a book, you become a writer and you're supposed to take it very seriously. You're supposed to show up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/after-you-publish-a-book-you-become-a-writer-and-you-re-supposed-to/)

[Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/gary-shteyngart-2177_book_after-you-publish-a-book-you-become-a-wr_710000.png)

> [When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer. People can be killed like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/when-i-was-little-my-ambition-was-to-grow-up-to-be-a-book-not-a/)

[Amos Oz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amos-oz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/amos-oz-1478_ambition_when-i-was-little-my-ambition-was-to-gro_1332254.png)

> [“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-carr/the-bond-between-book-reader-and-book-writer-has-always-been-a/)

[Nicholas Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-carr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/nicholas-carr-4579_book_the-bond-between-book-reader-and-book-wr_1741711.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-writer/#itemlist",
            "name": "Book Writer Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 22,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“he said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Margot Livesey"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margot-livesey/he-said-everyone-had-a-book-or-a-writer-that-was-the-key-to-their-life/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/margot-livesey-24166_book_he-said-everyone-had-a-book-or-a-writer_1245590.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/margot-livesey-24166_book_he-said-everyone-had-a-book-or-a-writer_1245590.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/margot-livesey-24166_book_he-said-everyone-had-a-book-or-a-writer_1245590.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“he said everyone had a book, or a writer, that was the key to their life” — Margot Livesey",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Sylvia Day"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-day/readers-want-a-good-book-it-s-a-writer-s-job-to-give-it-to-them/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/sylvia-day-563_book_readers-want-a-good-book-it-s-a-writer-s_959888.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/sylvia-day-563_book_readers-want-a-good-book-it-s-a-writer-s_959888.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aeb/sylvia-day-563_book_readers-want-a-good-book-it-s-a-writer-s_959888.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them.” — Sylvia Day",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I'm not Mr. Hollywood. I'm a book writer.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Michael Connelly"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/i-m-not-mr-hollywood-i-m-a-book-writer/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/michael-connelly-1004_book_i-m-not-mr-hollywood-i-m-a-book-writer-8_854112.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/michael-connelly-1004_book_i-m-not-mr-hollywood-i-m-a-book-writer-8_854112.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e3/michael-connelly-1004_book_i-m-not-mr-hollywood-i-m-a-book-writer-8_854112.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I'm not Mr. Hollywood. I'm a book writer.” — Michael Connelly",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Deb Caletti"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deb-caletti/my-dream-was-and-always-had-been-to-write-a-book-to-be-a-writer/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/deb-caletti-697_always_my-dream-was-and-always-had-been-to-writ_943647.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/deb-caletti-697_always_my-dream-was-and-always-had-been-to-writ_943647.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/deb-caletti-697_always_my-dream-was-and-always-had-been-to-writ_943647.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.” — Deb Caletti",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Chloe Thurlow"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-thurlow/between-the-lines-of-every-book-the-writer-reveals-their-own-secrets/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/chloe-thurlow-8642_authors_between-the-lines-of-every-book-the-writ_70077.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/chloe-thurlow-8642_authors_between-the-lines-of-every-book-the-writ_70077.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c31/chloe-thurlow-8642_authors_between-the-lines-of-every-book-the-writ_70077.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets.” — Chloe Thurlow",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer? A: Explaining what that is.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Christy Hall"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-hall/q-best-part-about-being-a-musical-theatre-book-writer-a-explaining/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/christy-hall-10789_book_q-best-part-about-being-a-musical-theatr_971457.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/christy-hall-10789_book_q-best-part-about-being-a-musical-theatr_971457.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf6/christy-hall-10789_book_q-best-part-about-being-a-musical-theatr_971457.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Q: Best part about being a musical theatre book writer? A: Explaining what that is.” — Christy Hall",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for the character.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Stephen Sondheim"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sondheim/sometimes-i-ll-ask-the-book-writer-to-write-a-monologue-not-to-be/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/stephen-sondheim-1556_asks_sometimes-i-ll-ask-the-book-writer-to-wr_3215057.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/stephen-sondheim-1556_asks_sometimes-i-ll-ask-the-book-writer-to-wr_3215057.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/stephen-sondheim-1556_asks_sometimes-i-ll-ask-the-book-writer-to-wr_3215057.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Sometimes I'll ask the book writer to write a monologue, not to be performed, just as if they were notes for…” — Stephen Sondheim",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 8,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life - and one is as good as another.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ernest Hemingway"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-something-a-writer-is-lucky-2/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/ernest-hemingway-83_book_the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-som_2586036.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/ernest-hemingway-83_book_the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-som_2586036.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5b/ernest-hemingway-83_book_the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-som_2586036.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck…” — Ernest Hemingway",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 9,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or the reader. I don't see the point in doing that.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Elizabeth Kostova"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/no-book-that-is-written-for-an-external-purpose-is-going-to-be-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/elizabeth-kostova-6991_book_no-book-that-is-written-for-an-external_1265848.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/elizabeth-kostova-6991_book_no-book-that-is-written-for-an-external_1265848.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a1/elizabeth-kostova-6991_book_no-book-that-is-written-for-an-external_1265848.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“No book that is written for an external purpose is going to be a passionately felt book for the writer or…” — Elizabeth Kostova",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 10,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent things.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "James Salter"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-salter/normally-what-you-re-envious-of-is-a-book-not-a-writer-standards/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/james-salter-2584_book_normally-what-you-re-envious-of-is-a-boo_87195.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/james-salter-2584_book_normally-what-you-re-envious-of-is-a-boo_87195.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/james-salter-2584_book_normally-what-you-re-envious-of-is-a-boo_87195.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Normally, what you’re envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels … almost nonexistent…” — James Salter",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 11,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "James Howe"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-howe/sometimes-i-wish-i-were-a-character-in-a-book-and-there-was-a-writer/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/james-howe-12263_book_sometimes-i-wish-i-were-a-character-in-a_1326124.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/james-howe-12263_book_sometimes-i-wish-i-were-a-character-in-a_1326124.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/james-howe-12263_book_sometimes-i-wish-i-were-a-character-in-a_1326124.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Sometimes I wish I were a character in a book and there was a writer out there giving me things to say.” — James Howe",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 12,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Ernest Hemingway"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-hemingway/the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-something-a-writer-is-lucky/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/ernest-hemingway-83_book_the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-som_903870.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/ernest-hemingway-83_book_the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-som_903870.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77b/ernest-hemingway-83_book_the-good-parts-of-a-book-may-be-only-som_903870.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck…” — Ernest Hemingway",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 13,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've examined every word, and questioned the book writer on every word.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Stephen Sondheim"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-sondheim/by-the-time-i-get-through-writing-a-score-i-know-the-book-better-than/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/stephen-sondheim-1556_book_by-the-time-i-get-through-writing-a-scor_504621.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/stephen-sondheim-1556_book_by-the-time-i-get-through-writing-a-scor_504621.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bb/stephen-sondheim-1556_book_by-the-time-i-get-through-writing-a-scor_504621.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“By the time I get through writing a score, I know the book better than the book writer does, because I've…” — Stephen Sondheim",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 14,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects guy and the lighting technician: I'm all of that. So if it's good or bad, it's all up to me.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "George R. R. Martin"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-r-r-martin-2/with-a-book-i-am-the-writer-and-i-am-also-the-director-and-i-m-all-of/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/george-r-r-martin-2-926_actors_with-a-book-i-am-the-writer-and-i-am-als_293262.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/george-r-r-martin-2-926_actors_with-a-book-i-am-the-writer-and-i-am-als_293262.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/george-r-r-martin-2-926_actors_with-a-book-i-am-the-writer-and-i-am-als_293262.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“With a book I am the writer and I am also the director and I'm all of the actors and I'm the special effects…” — George R. R. Martin",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 15,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as someone who wants to enjoy the book but also, as a writer, noticing the techniques that the writer uses and especially the ones that make you want to turn the page to see what happened.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Homer Hickam"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/homer-hickam/becoming-a-writer-can-kind-of-spoil-your-reading-because-you-kind-of/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/homer-hickam-10698_becoming_becoming-a-writer-can-kind-of-spoil-your_855259.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/homer-hickam-10698_becoming_becoming-a-writer-can-kind-of-spoil-your_855259.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/homer-hickam-10698_becoming_becoming-a-writer-can-kind-of-spoil-your_855259.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Becoming a writer can kind of spoil your reading because you kind of read on tracks. You're reading as…” — Homer Hickam",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 16,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I learned that you have to respect how much time and work a writer has put into their book. I always give the writer I'm publishing a good deal of control in shaping the book and figuring out how it looks, but I'll make suggestions on how to make it stronger.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Kevin Sampsell"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-sampsell/i-learned-that-you-have-to-respect-how-much-time-and-work-a-writer/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/kevin-sampsell-28357_book_i-learned-that-you-have-to-respect-how-m_2771893.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/kevin-sampsell-28357_book_i-learned-that-you-have-to-respect-how-m_2771893.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/kevin-sampsell-28357_book_i-learned-that-you-have-to-respect-how-m_2771893.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I learned that you have to respect how much time and work a writer has put into their book. I always give…” — Kevin Sampsell",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 17,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“...if he can write a book at all, a writer cannot do it by peeping over his shoulder at somebody else, any more than a woman can have a baby by watching some other woman have one. It is a genital process, and all of its stages are intra-abdominal;”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "James M. Cain"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-m-cain/if-he-can-write-a-book-at-all-a-writer-cannot-do-it-by-peeping-over/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/james-m-cain-14109_books_if-he-can-write-a-book-at-all-a-writer-c_2593408.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/james-m-cain-14109_books_if-he-can-write-a-book-at-all-a-writer-c_2593408.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/james-m-cain-14109_books_if-he-can-write-a-book-at-all-a-writer-c_2593408.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“...if he can write a book at all, a writer cannot do it by peeping over his shoulder at somebody else, any…” — James M. Cain",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 18,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers wrote a book and sent it out into the world. A couple of months after publication letters from readers might arrive. And, leaving aside the professional reviews, it is really the reader's opinions that the writer needs. They vote for a book - and a writer - with their hard earned cash every time they go into a bookstore (or online - that's my age showing!) and buy a book.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Michael Scott"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-scott/books-are-just-dead-words-on-paper-and-it-is-the-readers-who-bring/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/michael-scott-1216_age_books-are-just-dead-words-on-paper-and-i_3111427.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/michael-scott-1216_age_books-are-just-dead-words-on-paper-and-i_3111427.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/735/michael-scott-1216_age_books-are-just-dead-words-on-paper-and-i_3111427.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Books are just dead words on paper and it is the readers who bring the stories alive. Previously, writers…” — Michael Scott",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 19,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The prime function of the children's book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny, fast and beautiful that the child will fall in love with it. And that first love affair between the young child and the young book will lead hopefully to other loves for other books and when that happens the battle is probably won. The child will have found a crock of gold. He will also have gained something that will help to carry him most marvelously through the tangles of his later years. Roald Dahl",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Roald Dahl"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roald-dahl/the-prime-function-of-the-children-s-book-writer-is-to-write-a-book/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/roald-dahl-899_affair_the-prime-function-of-the-children-s-boo_1384990.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/roald-dahl-899_affair_the-prime-function-of-the-children-s-boo_1384990.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/roald-dahl-899_affair_the-prime-function-of-the-children-s-boo_1384990.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The prime function of the children's book writer is to write a book that is so absorbing, exciting, funny…” — Roald Dahl",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 20,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "After you publish a book, you become a writer and you're supposed to take it very seriously. You're supposed to show up at your desk - although frankly, I don't have a desk, I write in bed - you're supposed to show up at your bed and produce work. I think it's a little bit like work. I like to have fun with it, do things like make silly book trailers. I don't want to take this too seriously.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Gary Shteyngart"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/after-you-publish-a-book-you-become-a-writer-and-you-re-supposed-to/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/gary-shteyngart-2177_book_after-you-publish-a-book-you-become-a-wr_710000.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/gary-shteyngart-2177_book_after-you-publish-a-book-you-become-a-wr_710000.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/009/gary-shteyngart-2177_book_after-you-publish-a-book-you-become-a-wr_710000.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“After you publish a book, you become a writer and you're supposed to take it very seriously. You're supposed…” — Gary Shteyngart",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 21,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer. People can be killed like ants. Writers are not hard to kill either. But not books: however systematically you try to destroy them, there is always a chance that a copy will survive and continue to enjoy a shelf-life in some corner on an out-of-the-way library somehwere in Reykjavik, Valladolid or Vancouver.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Amos Oz"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amos-oz/when-i-was-little-my-ambition-was-to-grow-up-to-be-a-book-not-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/amos-oz-1478_ambition_when-i-was-little-my-ambition-was-to-gro_1332254.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/amos-oz-1478_ambition_when-i-was-little-my-ambition-was-to-gro_1332254.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48b/amos-oz-1478_ambition_when-i-was-little-my-ambition-was-to-gro_1332254.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“When I was little, my ambition was to grow up to be a book. Not a writer. People can be killed like ants…” — Amos Oz",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 22,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of intellectual and artistic cross-fertilization. The words of the writer act as a catalyst in the mind of the reader, inspiriting new insights, associations, and perceptions, sometimes even epiphanies. And the very existence of the attentive, critical reader provides the spur for the writer’s work. It gives the author confidence to explore new forms of expression, to blaze difficult and demanding paths of thought, to venture into uncharted and sometimes hazardous territory. “All great men have written proudly, nor cared to explain,” said Emerson. “They knew that the intelligent reader would come at last, and would thank them.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Nicholas Carr"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-carr/the-bond-between-book-reader-and-book-writer-has-always-been-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/nicholas-carr-4579_book_the-bond-between-book-reader-and-book-wr_1741711.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/nicholas-carr-4579_book_the-bond-between-book-reader-and-book-wr_1741711.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/nicholas-carr-4579_book_the-bond-between-book-reader-and-book-wr_1741711.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The bond between book reader and book writer has always been a tightly symbiotic one, a means of…” — Nicholas Carr",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-writer/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-writer/",
            "name": "Book Writer Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-writer/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/883/margot-livesey-24166_book_he-said-everyone-had-a-book-or-a-writer_1245590.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 22 Book Writer quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Book Writer sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-writer/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-writer/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Book Writer Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book-writer/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```