Write Books Quotes · Page 2

Why don't you write books people can read?

— Nora Joyce

I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.

— Andrea Hirata

Why don't you write books people can read?(to her husband James)

— Nora Barnacle

“There is not much to talk about love, but enough to write books about it.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

I don't write about myself. I'm never in my books.

— Susan Straight

I want to write books that only those who read them claim they did.

— Vikrant Parsai

Now I'm trying to work outside first person. I do plan to write more books.

— Brent Runyon

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

— Jeffery Deaver

Meditation has been a loyal friend to me. It has helped me write my books.

— Alice Walker

I believe that it is my job not only to write books but to have them published. A book is like a…

— Anonymous

People always ask, 'How do you write so many books?' And I say, I work a lot. I work six or seven…

— R. L. Stine

As Jules Renard said, no matter how much care an author takes to write as few books as possible, there will be…

— Donald Barthelme

I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are destroyers.

— A. S. Byatt

I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are…

— Rachel Kushner

I write books to influence people I will never meet. Books increase my audience and my message.

— Les Parrott

Have you ever heard the expression: Walk a mile in my shoes, and then judge me? And write your own books.

— Ann Rule

Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write,…

— Sharon Olds

People always ask what a book is about, as if it has to be about something. I don't want to write books…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I write books for teenagers because I vividly remember what it felt like to be a teen facing everyday and epic dangers.…

— Sherman Alexie

I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everybody speaks.…

— Beryl Bainbridge

Maybe I'll just write books. I'd like to make another movie, but I don't want to go back and [do] what they…

— John Waters

“People who want to write books do so because they feel it to be the easiest thing they can do. They can…

— Muriel Spark

I write books and either people read them or they don't read them. The rise of Facebook or e-books doesn't change the…

— Colson Whitehead

I think what makes good children's books is putting the same care and effort into it as if I was writing for…

— Louis Sachar

I write four books a year. I'm very fortunate that I write quickly; around 3,500 words a day. Being strict about delineating…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Blogging has mostly been an opportunity to react more immediately to experiences to try out ideas that I may end up using…

— Terry Teachout

“Don’t write your books for people who won’t like them. Give yourself wholly to the kind of book you want to write…

— Paul Harding

I never had a plan, except to write. I love what I do, and have from the beginning. Loving what you do…

— Nora Roberts

Many friends have said to me, 'I never know when you write your books, because I've never seen you writing, or even…

— Agatha Christie

“If the book we are reading does not wake us, as with a fist hammering on our skulls, then why do we…

— Franz Kafka

“What are bad recommendations you hear in your profession or area of expertise? Great, great question. In the world of writing, everyone…

— Timothy Ferriss

Many years ago I had two small children, and I wanted to be able to be home when they got home from…

— Mary Kay Andrews

“For me to read a book is still And always will be quite a thrill. For me to read a book is…

— Anonymous

“You can write books, but there’s only ever one book that’s really you.”

— Joan G. Robinson

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid,

— Carl Hiaasen

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.

— Marianne Williamson

I take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years.

— Svetlana Alexievich

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

— Cornelia Funke

I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period.

— Bret Easton Ellis

When I was young, all I wanted was to write books and be an artist.

— Patti Smith