When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about… — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
“When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing a book… — Dodie Smith 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
Writing a book is a bit like going on location for a movie. You're absent from your life, your family, and your… — Michael Crichton 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 like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a… — Gene Wilder Copy Share Image
Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written… — Adam Clymer Copy Share Image
The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always had in… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while… — Erica Jong Copy Share Image
Living our lifes is like writing a book. It starts the same for all of us and the ending is unknown for… — Andreea-Paula Calugaru Copy Share Image
I always have strong feelings when I'm writing a book. Sometimes when I'm writing a book, I even cry when I'm writing.… — Eve Bunting Copy Share Image
Even though Lyndon Johnson's presidency was in many ways scarred forever by the war in Vietnam, and destroyed in a lot of… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't… — Richard Price Copy Share Image
The art of writing books is not yet invented. But it is at the point of being invented. Fragments of this nature… — Novalis Copy Share Image
“I hear you don't write any more," he says... "Not true," I inform him. "You should see the margins of my student… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
The reason writers are such fragile beings, Marcus, is that they suffer from two sorts of emotional pain, which is twice as… — Joel Dicker Copy Share Image
Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing a book,… — E. Nesbit Copy Share Image
“She wasn't all that interested, as a reader, in the reader. She was still partial to that increasingly eclipsed entity: the writer.… — Jeffrey Eugenides 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
“When you're writing a book, it's rather like going on a very long walk, across valleys and mountains and things, and you… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
“Not for long, my lord,” Reeves said, smiling. “I regret to inform you that I must be leaving soon.” Christian’s smile faded.… — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
“As I started to feel more comfortable, I wanted to get to know these guys. I asked each of them to tell… — Noah Galloway 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
“I think (if I can make a judgement about writers coming into the business), I feel everybody is in a horrific hurry… — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
It eventually appeared to be me, cinematically. When I was writing it I was actually an author, you know, writing a book.… — Steve Martin Copy Share Image
I started writing books for children because I could illustrate them myself and because, in my innocence, I thought they'd be easier. — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a book, I draw from my immediate experience, and my books are therefore almost a snapshot of where I… — Maria Semple 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
The fact of the matter is that you should really stop concerning yourself with writing a book because anyone can write a… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
When you're done [with writing a book], people tell you "Well, gee, I'm not interested." "Great, I'm glad I sat down and… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
I get absolutely ruthless in my own way about not doing anything else when I am trying to concentrate on writing a… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
Everyday I'm writing a new quote.. but now I'm writing a book everyday.. a book of magic and spells to solve every… — Avi ItaLlica 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 can’t go back to what we had in childhood. I can’t relive those times, retrace my tracks and undo what’s been… — Patti Callahan Henry Copy Share Image
Do you know what writing a book is? It's sitting alone in a room for weeks without making contact with another human.… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
Making your bed could be a piece of art, and writing a book could be a piece of art. You could also… — Matthew Brannon 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
I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more… — J. A. Jance Copy Share Image
I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image