“Cowards say it can't be done, critics say it shouldn't have been done, creator say well done.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it. — Vince Flynn Copy Share Image
“The smell of the sweat is not sweet, but the fruit of the sweat is very sweet.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“The wrong man is not always wrong because of his wrong actions, often he is wrong because of no actions.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“If where you are is worthwhile then where you are from doesn't matter.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
In the world of book writing, there's a few people, maybe, where you have close relationships. In TV, there are so many… — Megan Abbott Copy Share Image
“I’m an open book—an open book I’m still writing and editing. My book is a romance novel, sort of like The Secret.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
When I am working on an epic-length book, the writing process is fairly long. It takes from four to five years to… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
My belief of book writing is much the same as my belief as to shoemaking. The man who will work the hardest… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
There are all these things I want to do when I don't have to finish a book. But I have to keep… — Robert K. Massie Copy Share Image
It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as… — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
Any book that you're writing about your life, there are tough chapters that you've gotten through, you've survived them, and kind of… — Shannon Bream Copy Share Image
“Writing is a physical art. And writing a book is a lot more like making a complex sculpture out of bronze than… — Heather Sellers Copy Share Image
I remember Stephen King did a fundraiser one time with J.K. Rowling and he was very impressed with her. But we talk… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
The tradition I was born into was essentially nomadic, a herdsmen tradition, following animals across the earth. The bookshops are a form… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
I'm not writing necessarily for an audience. I think about the audience at the end, once I have a complete book. But,… — Crystal Hana Kim Copy Share Image
I think of my success as a kind of fluke. How else could I possibly think of it? And although it's a… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
With 'Free Agent Nation,' I was figuring out how to write a book along with writing the book. Now I think I've… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I was driven to go into book writing by the very nature of journalism and blogging. Both are ephemeral. Journalists and bloggers… — Barista Uno Copy Share Image
“What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise? Great, great question. In the world of writing, everyone… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
I'm not sure that all books aren't that way. I think that might apply to any book I was writing. The book… — Joshua Ferris Copy Share Image
“1) Work on one thing at a time until finished. 2) Start no more new books, add no more new material to… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“. . .In a heartbeat, you will fall right into that novel, that poem, the story that you are most in love… — Terry Kennedy Copy Share Image
My writing is of a very different kind from anything I've heard about. All this mythological material is out there, a big… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
It's funny - for a long time, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was writing stories. For me, each… — Molly Antopol Copy Share Image
