Writing books is fun because after I do a show for a couple hours, I'm in a bus for 22 hours. It's… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book, generally I start with the mood and setting, along with a couple of specific imagesthings that have… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
Writing a book has about it some of the anxiety of telling a joke and having to wait several years to know… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
It would be presumptuous to say writing a book would be a sufficient gesture, but if people were more preoccupied with the… — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
I found, through the process of doing 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower,' that I really love directing movies and I love… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the… — Chris Matthews Copy Share Image
I think what's happening with book advances is something that most of the world just doesn't fully appreciate, especially when it comes… — Franklin Foer Copy Share Image
“Be thankful for the people who have stood by you and cheered you on, but don't forget to be thankful for the… — CK Webb Copy Share Image
That underscored this idea that when we're reading a book or writing a book, you're in an act of co-creation. The reader… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I can't ever think of writing a book or an autobiography. I'm a little private person. — Randhir Kapoor Copy Share Image
“It's tempting to start each sentence with an apology or disclaimer. To preface everything with "In my life I've found" so that… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
“There was an itchy lung for a last cigarette and an immense, magnetic pull toward the basement, for the girl who was… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like quilting. Once you start, keep on until it's finished.” — Reba Birmingham Copy Share Image
A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
It's my story ["Selling Isobel"].I chose to write a screenplay about it because I think film is the quickest medium to get… — Frida Farrell Copy Share Image
I always have strong feelings when I'm writing a book. Sometimes when I'm writing a book, I even cry when I'm writing.… — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
Because as any writer will tell you, an IDEA for a book is like falling in love, it's all wild emotion and… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
I think I was always writing books that had very clear scenic structures. I do tend to write in scenes. I do… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I'm writing books. They're still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it's an interesting place… — James Frey Copy Share Image
I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what… — Stedman Graham Copy Share Image
I feel that if I'm writing a book, it has to be an honest book: it has to say what I believe… — Penny Junor Copy Share Image