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
Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible,… — Catherine Mayer 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
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
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 is a huge difference between writing a book, which is a private activity I engage in with myself, and wanting to… — Michelle Tea Copy Share Image
Writing a book is like torture that you don't know, but after it's done and there it is. It's a joy like… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
Writing books is one of the ways that human beings deal with loss, especially when you don't have religious consolation available. — Marco Roth Copy Share Image
Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane. — Justin Halpern Copy Share Image
If you think it's worth writing a book about then that means you suspect that you're not the only one. You suspect… — Lucy Corin Copy Share Image
Who is writing these screenwriting books? Not actually writing for the studios in Hollywood. These are people that have one or a… — Thomas Lennon 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
I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I… — Donald Miller 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
My wife, Amanda, is terribly good at warping reality. She is like a bowling ball on a rubber sheet, and you find… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Movies are definitely more fun because there are so many different seasons in a movie. It is exciting to be drafting together.… — Stephen Kendrick Copy Share Image
Every single line on the Oscar show is negotiated. Unless you've been there, you have no idea how it is put together.… — Bruce Vilanch Copy Share Image
I had studied history at Brown and didn't feel like doing anything with it. What does one do with a history degree… — Elizabeth Neel Copy Share Image
I began writing books after speaking for several years and I realize that when you have a written book people think that… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
“How do you make a living if you’re writing a book?” Joshua asked. The boy was getting a bike for Christmas that’s… — R.L. Mathewson Copy Share Image
On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of… — Brad Meltzer 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
It was a wonderful time to be young. The 1960s didn't end until about 1976. We all believed in Make Love Not… — Margot Kidder 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
“I'm loath to bring up the E word here, and I'm even more embarrassed to talk about "millennials" in this way because… — Jennifer Romolini Copy Share Image
“This is apparently a little promotional ¶ where we’re supposed to explain “how and why we came to” the subject of our… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
The rewrites are a struggle right now. Sometimes I wish writing a book could just be easy for me at last. But… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
“In the world of my imagination, Esther was still my companion, and her love gave me the strength to go forward and… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Nothing mattered ... but writing books, and living the kind of life that made it possible to write them. — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
“Writing a book and not publishing it, is like building a boat and never sailing it - UNTHINKABLE!” — Tony Jones 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
All screenwriting books are bullshit, all. Watch movies, read screenplays. Let them be your guide. — Brian Koppelman Copy Share Image
She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it. — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
