Writing a book is the most terrifying thing that I've ever done. It's so much harder than writing for television because it… — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I like the quiet it takes to pursue an idea the way I pursued 'Hamilton,' but I couldn't write a book, because… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to… — Sharon Cameron Copy Share Image
Ten years from now I plan to be sitting here, looking out over my land. I hope I'll be writing books, but… — John Grisham 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
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
“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 mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day.… — Gary Ross 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
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
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
“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
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
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
I know I certainly wouldn't be writing books if it hadn't been for the feminist blogosphere, and I think that's a really… — Jessica Valenti Copy Share Image
“I write because it’s a way of puzzling out answers to situations in the world that I don’t understand. The act of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“This is not an autobiography. It is, rather, a kind of curriculum vitae — my attempt to show how one writer was… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“The vocation to the priesthood, according to your memoirs, ‘naturally matured within me without any grand conversion experiences’. If there was nothing… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“I bring this up because in writing some thoughts about a father, or not having a father, I feel as though I'm… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“Since I am writing a book about depression, I am often asked in social situations to describe my own experiences, and I… — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
“He is writing a book," said the King, following them out into the sunny, crisp gardens. "About the gardens here. We have… — Heather Dixon Copy Share Image
I started writing the book without realizing I was writing a book. That sounds stupid, but it's true. I'd been trying and… — Ayana Mathis Copy Share Image
Writing books is fun because after I do a show for a couple hours, I'm in a bus for 22 hours. It's… — Willie Nelson Copy Share Image
I'm very happy. I like my work and I like the various aspects of it - going around the world, teaching the… — Albert Ellis 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 like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible… — Ethan Canin Copy Share Image
If you think about writing a book, or when I did, it seems daunting, but when I began writing, it just started… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
I think writing a book about this experience would be trying to capitalize on it in some way and that's not something… — James Frey Copy Share Image
“Just at the moment he's writing a book on famine - goodness! it's sad - and there's a dear little Chinese comrade… — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is a herculean task, but the toughest thing is to get convinced with your work, and finally give it… — Shivam Chaudhary Copy Share Image
I'm never, I hope, stupid enough to believe that Twitter or blogging or any of this stuff is a substitute for actually… — Neil Gaiman 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
I would probably have been very content as a scholar to have carried on organising exhibitions and writing books and teaching, — Thomas P. Campbell Copy Share Image
I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is like pulling strands out of your soul, one by one, until one day instead of a mess it… — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
When you're writing a book, you don't want it to be overly trendy because you want people to enjoy it for years… — Lauren Conrad Copy Share Image
“Writing a book is an adventure: it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a… — Marilyn Ross Copy Share Image
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of rearing… — Janet Burroway Copy Share Image
