Book Quote by Anne Enright

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

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

The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on.

— Brian Tracy

The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book.

— Anne Enright

Somebody said writing is easy, you just sit down at your typewriter and open a vein. It depends on the book. Some, I have…

— Anne Rivers Siddons

A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet of paper…

— Sasa Stanisic

The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the more the…

— George Saunders

The best tip for writing is just to write; to sit down and write, to begin doing it and not to be scared by…

— David Almond

Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And…

— Lois Duncan

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all…

— Donna Jo Napoli

People think writing is a very distinguished, cerebral thing, where all you do is write. It doesn't work that way. People have to see…

— Ravi Subramanian

If you want to write, do two things - read lots of books and also, in your own writing, practise. Just write and write…

— Alexander McCall Smith