I am sure of this: that no one can write a book which children will like unless he write it for himself… — A. A. Milne Copy Share Image
I knew that if I was going to write a book, I was going to have to read one, too. — Michael Showalter Copy Share Image
When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book. — David McCullough Copy Share Image
We wanted to write a book that we would have read as kids, and would love to read to our children. — Tom Fletcher Copy Share Image
There's still a fascination with somebody who can write at book length, no matter what the book is. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it. — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
“The way to write a book is the application of the seat of one's pants to the seat of one's chair” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a… — Edgar Winter Copy Share Image
It usually takes about a year to write each book. I don't plan it that way. I don't set deadlines. If a… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
It's funny, I don't know where I would place myself in the literary landscape. I really just write the book that I… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, 'I am going to produce a work of… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Sometimes many publishers prefer that you write the same book every time, but I have a low boredom threshold so that isn't… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I can only write a book like 'The Tin Drum' or 'From the Diary of a Snail' at a special period of… — Gunter Grass Copy Share Image
I was suppose to write a book about being a mom, to organize my thoughts into chapters and figure out a structure… — Jeanne Marie Laskas Copy Share Image
“If I’m going to write a book every American will want to read, it’s got to have lots of pictures. Those pictures… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I wrote two plotted books, got some of the fundamentals of storytelling down, then... it's sort of like taking the training wheels… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Keep a diary, but don't just list all the things you did during the day. Pick one incident and write it up… — John Berendt Copy Share Image
I think, for me, there's The Book I Should Write and The Book I Wanted to Write - and they weren't the… — Marlon James Copy Share Image
When I work on a book, I usually start with a question. And I don't sit around and go 'I need to… — Lynda Barry Copy Share Image
Book writing is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Anyone who decides to write a book must expect to invest a lot of time… — Dan Poynter Copy Share Image
I never understood how one could write a whole book: It is so technically challenging, and it's incredible the way writers put… — Ben Howard Copy Share Image
You write a book and you finish the book. That's your job done, right? You win the Booker and you have a… — Anne Enright Copy Share Image
I'm a relatively disciplined writer who composes the whole book before beginning to execute and write it. Of course, you can't hold… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
For many years I wanted to be a rock star but of course that didn't work out. I did however write on… — Tommy Wiseau Copy Share Image
