Writing a book Quotes · Page 4

There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it.

— Jane Fallon

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.

— George Orwell

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

— Gene Fowler

“We should all live as though someone is writing a book about us.”

— J.R. Rim

“Writing a book is very similar to a Politicians speech providing the book is Fantasy.”

— DENNIS SEDDON

“Times are really bad. Everyone is writing a book and quoting themselves.”

— Omar Kiam

Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy.

— Clive Barker

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

— Stephen Collins

If I'm writing a book or doing something where I've got a lot of time at home, then cooking is always a…

— Gok Wan

I spent seven years writing The Free World. There are a lot of things I accomplished there that I'm very proud of,…

— David Bezmozgis

I believe myself to be writing a book on economic theory which will largely revolutionize - not, I suppose, at once but…

— John Maynard Keynes

These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me…

— Elmore Leonard

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

— Rachel Dratch

I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really amazing thing.

— Jessica Valenti

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

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till…

— W. Somerset Maugham

The only difference between men and women is that women are able to create new little human beings in their bodies while…

— Erica Jong

I think I was always writing books that had very clear scenic structures. I do tend to write in scenes. I do…

— Tom Perrotta

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

At the time I was writing 'Weedflower,' my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite…

— Cynthia Kadohata

In researching literary agents I did what the books tell you to do: I looked at the acknowledgments page of a book…

— Debra Hamel

Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader/audience/player to suspend…

— R. A. Salvatore

I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one.…

— Umberto Eco

I had the analysis of a million or so SNPs [single nucleotide polymorphisms] just to see what was there. That's partly because…

— Francis Collins

I would not see our candle blown out in the wind. It is a small thing, this dear gift of life handed…

— Ray Bradbury

“Looking back through the last page or two, I see that I have made it appear as though my motives in writing…

— George Orwell

“Responding to a moderator at the Sydney Writers Festival in 2008 (video), about the Spanish words in his book: When all of…

— Junot Diaz

It's funny - for a long time, I didn't know I was writing a book. I was writing stories. For me, each…

— Molly Antopol

“One of the vital things for a writer who’s writing a book, which is a lengthy project and is going to take…

— Roald Dahl

“Selling is crucial to your success because without the sale, you do not make any money. The great thing about writing a…

— Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

Exercise your imagination muscle! How many uses can you come up with for a flowerpot? Write down your answers. But don't write…

— Amy Sedaris

Nick Thanks for being the friend who alwaysed believed in me who always understood who always cared :) I love yah soo…

— Talyiah

Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating.

— Ryan O'Neal

“The most important thing to do when writing a book is to finish it.”

— Suzanna Reeves

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book.

— Rob Machado

I'm writing a book about Siamese Twins that are attached at the nose. It's called: Stop Staring at Me!

— Zach Galifianakis

Unlike many travel books I didn't set out to travel with the idea of writing a book in mind.

— Chesa Boudin

I think, what's the point of writing a book that you would get in one sitting?

— Hilton Als

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

— Blaise Pascal

“Writing a book is like dating. It's exciting. It's dreamy. And after four years, I just want to end it.”

— Carole Radziwill