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
When I wrote 'Silver Linings,' I thought I was writing a book about the Philadelphia Eagles and male bonding, but when the… — Matthew Quick Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is exactly like love. You don’t hold back. You give it everything you have. If it doesn’t work out,… — Heather Sellers Copy Share Image
“You're into happiness?" the technician says, her eyes never leaving the computer screen. "I'm writing a book about it," I say. "About… — Lisa Grunwald Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a… — Annie Dillard 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
“Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it's impossible, it's like having a homework assignment every stinking day until… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book… — Kate Christensen Copy Share Image
“The main reason to use Booki rather than a word processor to write a book is to effectively collaborate with other authors.… — James D. Simmons Copy Share Image
...One of the most important lessons, perhaps, is the fact that SOFTWARE IS HARD. From now on I shall have significantly greater… — Donald Knuth Copy Share Image
It always seems to me that one of the saddest things about the death of a literary man is the fact that… — Stuart Dodgson Collingwood Copy Share Image
I think the thing I had to be careful about while writing a book was not to say anything that was revealing… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot… — Dick Schaap Copy Share Image
Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
While in the middle of writing a book, I have a hard time reading other books for pleasure. — Stephen J. Dubner Copy Share Image
There's just something "off" about equating the act of spending three years writing a book with the act of someone exploiting themselves… — Marie Calloway Copy Share Image
If you were a fully realized person-whatever the hell that would be-you wouldn't fool around writing books. — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century… — Robyn Davidson 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
'Walking and Talking' is my autobiography. It's best to do it that way, rather than spend months writing a book that then… — Kathy Burke Copy Share Image
I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have… — Franka Potente Copy Share Image
And yes, there's a simplicity to writing books because you're not a member of a team, so you make all the decisions… — Bernard Cornwell Copy Share Image
Writing a book is as different from digital curation as night and day. Digital curation is a series of split-second decisions: good/no… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
