I guess there's a sort of cycle with writing books. There's all the researching and then the imagining and writing - which… — Monica Ali Copy Share Image
“There is no praise or criticism that is a reliable truth. Only the experience of writing a book is reliable.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It perplexes me how many people write books where everyone comes from the same basic set of backgrounds—middle class, white, straight, etc.… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
Whether you're writing a book or a song or whatever, you've got to be involved in it. It's got to come from… — Van Morrison Copy Share Image
As a digital creator, there's been so much pressure to write a book because so many of my peers have done it.… — Lilly Singh Copy Share Image
Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse… — Bette Midler Copy Share Image
Most authors liken the struggle of writing to something mighty and macho, like wrestling a bear. Writing a book is nothing like… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book,… — Eddie Campbell Copy Share Image
The biggest idea that I have learned - I basically went in to write a book about Adam and Eve, ended up… — Bruce Feiler Copy Share Image
We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you… — Alexander Kluge Copy Share Image
I never anticipated that I would be writing a book and never anticipated that people would want to read it and it'd… — Jay Blades Copy Share Image
“Writing a book without promoting it is like waving to someone in a dark room. You know what have you done but… — Madi Preda Copy Share Image
No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
For me, the optimum circumstances for writing a book are those of stultifying routine. — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers. — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really amazing thing. — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
This is the value for me of writing books that children read. Children aren't interested in your appalling self-consciousness. They want to… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length… — Patricia Highsmith Copy Share Image
It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing. — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
“Let’s say (since in writing a book one has to say something) that reality or existence is a multidimensional and interwoven system… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“But for me to start the journey of writing a book about my life, the first place I had to re visit… — Christian S. Simpson Copy Share Image
“I'm writing a book on Procrastination. I hope to start it tomorrow. I've been thinking about it for almost six years now.” — Ron Moore Copy Share Image
Don’t ever trust anyone who’s writing a book. They make up lies for a living. — Rosemary Clement-Moore Copy Share Image
