Book Quote by Ali Banisadr

I often write two books simultaneously. Usually one of them starts out as a fun experiment designed to give me a daily break from…

— Lauren Oliver

In terms of why everything is different, each book is different than the one before because I'm so bored of what I just finished…

— Colson Whitehead

I don't always write in order, so composing multi-book stories could get complicated.

— Erin Morgenstern

I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always different.

— Jesse Ball

I have to be careful not to visit one place right after the other and write one book after the other. Because I fear…

— John Gimlette

Academics love to make theories about a body of work, but each book consumes the writer and is the sum of his or her…

— Jeanette Winterson

Inspiration is just one requirement for being a writer. Another is keeping regular working hours.

— Zelda Popkin

I'm not thinking much about overall themes or preoccupations or anything like that. Instead I'm just trusting that, if I'm working hard, various notions…

— George Saunders

Each book requires a different look. Sometimes I get to take a personal direction that's appropriate for the story. I try to push things…

— Cliff Chiang

I always have the impression that I write the same book.

— Patrick Modiano

I can’t explain how it is I keep having new ideas. But one book inevitably follows another. It is my way of exploring the…

— Virginia Hamilton

I love to read different books on completely different subjects at the same time. I cannot focus on one. I read a few pages…

— Gustavo Dudamel