Bases Quote by Alain de Botton

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

— George Orwell

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing.

— Anonymous

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.

— H. L. Mencken

“Writing books is a suicidal profession. No other demands as much time, as much work, as much dedication, by comparison with its immediate benefits.…

— Gerald Martin

It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If I come…

— Ashwin Sanghi

Things get tough, we all go through storms - especially when building a business from scratch but do not let that stop you! No…

— Tsepiso Makhubedu

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

— Gore Vidal

I confess that I am a messy, disorganized and impatient reader: if the book doesn't grab me in the first 40 pages, I abandon…

— Isabel Allende

There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect…

— Alexandra Fuller

Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.

— Jean Craighead George

There is a secret and wholesome conviction in the heart of every man or woman who has written a book that it should be…

— Agnes Repplier

Writing a novel is agony.

— George Orwell