Articles Quote by Alexandra Fuller

The only process that comes close to the process of writing a whole book, in my experience, is childbirth. There is this moment when…

— Alexandra Fuller

It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.

— Sharyn McCrumb

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

— George Orwell

Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what…

— Azgraybebly Josland

It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.

— Jonathan Ames

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

— Catherine Mayer

It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.

— Gertrude Stein

No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written

— Alice Hoffman

It takes an awful lot of time to not write a book.

— Douglas Adams

“Anyone and everyone taking a writing class knows that the secret of good writing is to cut it back, pare it down, winnow, chop,…

— Nick Hornby

Writing takes a lot of patience. It usually takes me a year to write a book. One time, it took me 14 years to…

— Avi