“...if he can write a book at all, a writer cannot do it by peeping over his shoulder at somebody else, any… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
“I do not know whether many people realize how much more than is ever written there really is in a story —… — Frances Hodgson Burnett Copy Share Image
I am through generalizing about ideas apart from men who generate them. I am through writing books about the dead, or writing… — Gerald Stanley Lee Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful. — Ruth Ozeki Copy Share Image
Remember, don't start trying to relax; that is the most absurd thing in the world. And there are many stupid people writing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track… — Azgraybebly Josland Copy Share Image
I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
In mid-career, I was at one and the same time the rabbi of a major congregation, writing books, and teaching at Columbia.… — Arthur Hertzberg Copy Share Image
I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
“Nothingness is everything to philosophers. If you wonder what everything is, then you also wonder what nothing is. The question is whether… — Taylor Carman Copy Share Image
I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human. — Shirley Knight Copy Share Image
I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write… — Karrine Steffans Copy Share Image
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I've been writing books without ego for a very long time. I feel like it will get what it deserves. Or won't… — Hilary Liftin Copy Share Image
Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. — Gene Fowler Copy Share Image
I'd be very suspicious of anybody that seems to have to move to the next level of expression. I distrust that: now… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Either you've got the bug, or you haven't. There are many things I'd rather be doing than writing a book. — Clive Cussler Copy Share Image
I've never talked to anyone writing a book on me. I've had so much written about me that is made up, usually… — Warren Beatty Copy Share Image
I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to… — Molly Ringwald Copy Share Image
Progress was a labyrinth ... people plunging blindly in and then rushing wildly back, shouting that they had found it ... the… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
