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title: "7 Half Book Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Half Book quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Half Book sayings and thoughts."
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> [One of the nice things about 'The New Yorker' is they let you write stories that sometimes end up almost half a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grann/one-of-the-nice-things-about-the-new-yorker-is-they-let-you-write/)

[David Grann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grann/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/david-grann-2569_book_one-of-the-nice-things-about-the-new-yor_337557.jpg)

> [A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-l-travers/a-writer-is-after-all-only-half-his-book-the-other-half-is-the-reader/)

[P. L. Travers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-l-travers/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02a/p-l-travers-18631_book_a-writer-is-after-all-only-half-his-book_770482.png)

> [“I wrote half this book (the left half) while I was asleep, and I wrote the other half (the top half) while…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-wrote-half-this-book-the-left-half-while-i-was-asleep-and-i-wrote/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/jarod-kintz-2_books_i-wrote-half-this-book-the-left-half-whi_927782.jpg)

> [The writer after all is only half the book, the other half is the reader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/the-writer-after-all-is-only-half-the-book-the-other-half-is-the/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/lois-lowry-978_book_the-writer-after-all-is-only-half-the-bo_1832242.png)

> [I definitely want to write some fiction, for sure. I already have half of the next book. I already have it all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moshe-kasher/i-definitely-want-to-write-some-fiction-for-sure-i-already-have-half/)

[Moshe Kasher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moshe-kasher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b66/moshe-kasher-9066_book_i-definitely-want-to-write-some-fiction_2168470.png)

> ['John Henry Days' was already half in the can before my first book came out, so I'd already started something that was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colson-whitehead/john-henry-days-was-already-half-in-the-can-before-my-first-book-came/)

[Colson Whitehead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colson-whitehead/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/colson-whitehead-1042_big_john-henry-days-was-already-half-in-the_2241054.png)

> [By the time you write the last page you have done half the book. The other half tends to get done in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/by-the-time-you-write-the-last-page-you-have-done-half-the-book-the/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

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