“Politeness is the first thing people lose once they get the power.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“The purpose of a profession is to fulfil the personal wishes of a prospect.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Most of the people readily accept the principle but resist its practice.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“He who sacrifices his respect for love basically burns his body to obtain the light.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“For few matters you need to be solo, for some matters you need soul mate and for many matters you need society,” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world. — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
“Good becomes better by playing against better, but better doesn't become the best by playing against good.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I believe Jack Smith might have written THE BOOK on writing and revising for publication. Clean, direct, succinct--a book that is full… — Virgil Suarez Copy Share Image
I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Creative people feel huge ownership of our content; we want everything to be done ourselves. But in book writing, there's a process:… — iJustine Copy Share Image
I come out of journalism, and then book writing. There, it's just you and your editor and maybe a copy desk, looking… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
When you write your first book, you're writing in a vacuum; it doesn't matter how much time it takes. And then with… — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
“People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity.… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
“People who want to write books do so because they feel it to be the easiest thing they can do. They can… — Muriel Spark Copy Share Image
That underscored this idea that when we're reading a book or writing a book, you're in an act of co-creation. The reader… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
Invitations to speak upon public occasions are among my most grievous embarrassments. Why is it inferred that one is or can be… — Corra May Harris Copy Share Image
“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Arrogant men with knowledge make more noise from their mouth than making a sense from their mind.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing. — Max Hastings Copy Share Image
As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that. — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“Anybody can write a book. But writing it well and making it sell - that's the hard part.” — Jay Taylor Copy Share Image
There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
“With discipline, you can lose weight, you can excel in work, you can win the war.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories. — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
“A powerful process automatically takes care of progress, productivity and profits.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
