Book Quote by Abraham Pais

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

— Scott Turow

“Readers often feel they know an author because they’ve read their books. To a degree, this is often true. We write from our individual…

— Cheryl St.John

Every writer has certain subjects that they write about again and again, and . . . most people's books are just variations on certain themes.

— Christopher Isherwood

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

— Voltaire

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

— Milan Kundera

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

— Dario Argento

“The precise metaphysical procedures by which a book goes about writing another book need not concern us here. Suffice to say that our human…

— James K. Morrow

Oh, I think every author is inspired by all of the books that she reads.

— Cornelia Funke

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read.

— Jay Asher

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.

— Larry Winget

But authors before they write should read.

— Fanny Burney

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

— Henry David Thoreau