Book Quote by Carol Shields

Write the book you'd want to read.

— Martha Stewart

Write the book you want to read

— Austin Kleon

“If you can't find the book you want to read, write it.”

— William Muller

We don't want to read a book. We want to live an experience.

— Carolyn Wheat

“Over the years I have come to realize that I write the book I want to read, the one I can't find anywhere.”

— Ann Patchett

I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

— Diana Gabaldon

If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos.

— Diana Abu-Jaber

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

“I write because the book I want to read has not been written yet.”

— Richard HR Penn

I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

I wanted to write a book about two women falling in love that wasn't hinged on tragedy or that involved some horrible identity-based misfortune.…

— Camille Perri

“If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it.”

— Beverly Cleary