“There is no praise or criticism that is a reliable truth. Only the experience of writing a book is reliable.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The most important thing to do when writing a book is to finish it.” — Suzanna Reeves Copy Share Image
Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating. — Ryan O'Neal Copy Share Image
Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again. — Stephen Collins Copy Share Image
I'm thinking of writing a book on national health care. It will be 2,000 pages, and you'll have two hours to read it. — Ann Coulter 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
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Fahrenheit 451 is one of those books that is about how amazing books are and how amazing the people who write books… — Josh Lieb Copy Share Image
The fun thing about writing a book with multiple paths and multiple endings is you really get to explore the characters and… — Ryan North Copy Share Image
I am drawn to writing books about magic and the supernatural because those are the types of books I like to read.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a… — Ahmet Zappa Copy Share Image
The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
My name became a brand and I'd love to say it was the plan from the start. But the only plan was… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When I was ten, my mother told me to write down my feelings. I eventually started writing a book. I wish I'd… — Franny Armstrong Copy Share Image
Hands down, the hardest part for me is coming up with an idea. I spend about 14 months writing a book, and… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
It's great to be excited by your profession, whether you are a doctor or a writer. I started writing books when I… — Sergei Lukyanenko 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
All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is… — George Orwell 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
In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts… — Evelyn Lau Copy Share Image
Siobhan said that when you are writing a book you have to include some descriptions of things. I said that I could… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
Right after college, after growing up in the United States, I moved to India, broadly telling the story of how an old… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
Nick Thanks for being the friend who alwaysed believed in me who always understood who always cared :) I love yah soo… — Talyiah Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a bit like surfing," he said. "Most of the time you're waiting. And it's quite pleasant, sitting in… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
“WHEN I GOT TO HIGH SCHOOL, A MINISTER ASKED if I wanted to write an article for a church newsletter. When he… — Donald Miller 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
“In the middle section of the book Mirabelle breaks into not one, but two houses near Belgravia Books. I had fun scoping… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Looking back through the last page or two, I see that I have made it appear as though my motives in writing… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
That's really the essence of what any fiction writer does. Some of it is research-based, but most of it is a really… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
“Rolf Ekeus came round to my apartment one day and showed me the name of the Iraqi diplomat who had visited the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like raising a child, the only difference is you don’t have the fucking part in writing a book.” — M.F. Moonzajer 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
Are you writing a book?leave this chapter out and make a mystery,or go screw yourself and make it a love story — Anonymous 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
For me, the optimum circumstances for writing a book are those of stultifying routine. — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
I saw a gray-haired man a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
