As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I also feel that it… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a brilliant thing because once you've finished it, you've done it, and there's the potential for it to… — Tom Hodgkinson Copy Share Image
Doctoral training is devoted almost entirely to learning to do research, even though most Ph.Ds who enter academic life spend far more… — Derek Bok Copy Share Image
“One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Nothing mattered ... but writing books, and living the kind of life that made it possible to write them. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.” — Kevis Hendrickson Copy Share Image
The whole thing of working in all these different mediums, it's just so that I can always be playing hooky from one… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself… — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
People are really surprised when they meet me that I'm a recluse. People think I'm very gregarious and outgoing - and I… — Leslie Jordan Copy Share Image
We never like to miss an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of our life. That's why I never like to have… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Since I am writing a book about depression, I am often asked in social situations to describe my own experiences, and I… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a horrible exhausting struggle; one would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And… — Barry Humphries Copy Share Image
“Like a great ship, this season has run aground. Dawn and dusk alternate at an old man's pace. I live alone in… — Ge Fei Copy Share Image
Almost always when I told someone I was writing a book about "eating animals", they assumed, even without knowing anything about my… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader to suspend… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
Do you know what writing a book is? It's sitting alone in a room for weeks without making contact with another human.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood.… — Shakti Gawain Copy Share Image
I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting… — Deb Caletti Copy Share Image
By the end of the time I'm writing a book, I'm tearing my hair out and I want to go do stand-up.… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
