Book Quote by Alexa Chung

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another…

— Mario Batali

All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.

— Joyce Carol Oates

One thing that did give me pause for thought, when I told my female friends now that I was writing about a 13-year-old girl,…

— Allison Pearson

When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones…

— Conor Oberst

I was a nerdy kid and I was writing and showing other fellows who are still my friends what I was writing. We were…

— Alejandro Zambra

“Being friends as in writing letters was so much easier than being friends as in living together.”

— William Finnegan

“True learning happens when books and friends, writing and understanding intermingle in a rich soup of participation.”

— R. David Lankes

Sometimes minor characters are based on people I know, on friends of mine. But I'm not writing a thinly veiled version of my own…

— Cassandra Clare

I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where…

— Deb Caletti

I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood. We all…

— Shakti Gawain

Do you know what writing a book is? It's sitting alone in a room for weeks without making contact with another human. I felt…

— Jon Stewart

“Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.”

— Kevis Hendrickson