Book Quote by Ann Patchett

“The ultimate goal of writing is forgiveness.”

— Katerina Stoykova Klemer

“I have had so many spectacular failures, but looking back, I can see how each of them led me a little closer to doing…

— Timothy Ferriss

“I can’t and won’t write without hope. I’d rather never write again.”

— Melina Marchetta

“I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write.”

— Evelyn Beatrice Hall

“Perhaps it's my destiny to remain a bookkeeper forever, and for poetry and literature to remain simply butterflies that alight on my head and…

— Fernando Pessoa

“Books most certainly don't write themselves, but life does. When in doubt about what to write, use your own life.”

— Solomon Woytowich

“I've come to the realization that I really only want to write books that maybe I can't write.”

— Markus Zusak

“You must also forgive yourself. You must forgive yourself for any past mistakes and failures that you cannot forget.”

— Laura Aranda

“I stopped writing the book that I wanted to write, and wrote the one the book wanted to write.”

— Jim Lewis

“I never wish I could go back and write more, no. I spent a long, long time trying to write the book that became…

— John Green

“Even if you aren’t writing books, you are the author of your own life. Your life is filled with these small and big decisions…

— Rebecca K. Sampson

“Now I’ve given up any hope of lasting fame or literary perfection. I don’t care if I write a great book anymore, but just…

— Jeffrey Eugenides