“An author's job isn't to just write books, but to give hope and inspiration to the lost.” — Rowan K. Lake Jr Copy Share Image
The further you go, what, I'm gonna wait til I'm 80? Naw, I'm tellin' my story now. I was just moved. I… — Tracy Morgan Copy Share Image
Why does one write these books after all? The drudgery, the misery, the grind, are forgotten everytime; and one launches another, and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
“Stay in your room; write your own books; because everything outside this room is a lie.” — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
“I would actually write books totally full of nothing BUT kissing scenes, but apparently people like books to have, like, "plots" or… — Rachel Hawkins Copy Share Image
I have the power to write these books where I invent characters that I really like, and it gets to come out… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
I don't want to be famous per se, but I want to write books for as long as I can. And I… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
I like to write books that touch my heart. I want to entertain, and I love to entertain myself. — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write… — Jackie Collins Copy Share Image
“I travel whenever I can - every couple of years if it is possible. I always say I'm not to write books… — Ursula Torday Copy Share Image
I decided that I would do my best in the future not to write books just for money. If you didn't get… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I write books to open people's minds, to present new perspectives, to make people realize that what they think is obvious is… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
Of course some people manage to write books really young and publish really young. But for most writers, it takes several years… — Cheryl Strayed Copy Share Image
I write books because I have always been fascinated by stories and language, and because I love thinking about what makes people… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
“My best advice for aspiring writers is to read a lot and write. Don't worry if you don't get your first, fifth… — Katie Fforde Copy Share Image
People ask me, 'Why are you still writing books?' Like I'm still only writing to make money and as soon as I… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I write four or five a books a year. That means that I usually have one on the go. I am fortunate… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't… — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
“I think I shall write books, and get rich and famous, that would suit me, so that is my favorite dream.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
I don't put a lot of description in the books because I write books the way I like to read them, and… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
If I had an author superpower, I would like to have the ability to stop time for everyone else. I feel like… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
I never thought I'd be a person who would want to write books...I promise you not a single English teacher I've ever… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
I say, 'I write romance, women's fiction, chick lit.' I think it all fits very comfortably under the same umbrella. Basically, I… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
You have to understand that while I pre-plot the meta story of a given book, I often have no idea of what… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I write books that seem more suitable for children, and that's OK with me. They are a better audience and tougher critics.… — Maurice Sendak Copy Share Image
“I mean, what can you say about how you write your books? What I mean is, first you've got to think of… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
I have learned that my assignment is to write books for people who do not like to read books. I really try… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
I've heard some writers say things like, 'Well, I'm a professional writer. I only start books I know I can finish.' I… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
I write both at home and at coffee shops, and I have a terrible work ethic - I have a tendency to… — Elizabeth Hoyt Copy Share Image
I used to think that when I finished a book, I was finished with it. But it's like a wonderful Hydra. Every… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it seems to me that I shall never write out all the books I have in my head, because of the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is… — Aidan Chambers Copy Share Image
Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I've seen people around me write books, and somehow they're always in the center of everything that happened; they were the one… — Paul Stanley Copy Share Image
I used to think that if I was ever so lucky as to get a book deal that I would write all… — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
I write romance, women's fiction, chicklit. I think it all fits very comfortably under the same umbrella. Basically, I write books for… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Of all the things that the digital revolution has produced, once of the coolest, simplest ones is you can now contact people… — Stephen J. Dubner Copy Share Image
You and I who read and write books have very little effect upon language. We may think about it, write about it,… — Charlton Laird Copy Share Image
Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who… — Walter Benjamin Copy Share Image
