Write Books Quotes

129 quotes by 119 authors

I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are destroyers. — A. S. Byatt
Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone. — Emile M. Cioran
The readers are the ones who let us live our dreams. I try to write books which are really compelling - that you'd take on… — Harlan Coben
I am of the firm belief that everybody could write books and I never understand why they don't. After all, everybody speaks. Once the grammar… — Beryl Bainbridge
My own eyes are not enough for me...I will see through the eyes of others. Reality, even seen through the eyes of many is not… — C.S. Lewis
Speaking as a writer, I'm not interested in trends, I want to write books that are honest, with characters as true to the inner world… — Susan Patron
The best thing about conceptual poetry is that it doesnâ€™t need to be read. You donâ€™t have to read it. As a matter of fact,… — Kenneth Goldsmith
Why do I write historical fiction? Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins-that's why. I'll never forget how it felt… — Jennifer Armstrong
I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books. — Len Deighton
Why don't you write books people can read?(to her husband James) — Nora Barnacle
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it. — Peter Drucker
Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x,… — Sharon Olds
I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid, — Carl Hiaasen
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just… — Jackie Collins
A lot of people write books not at the end of their career. Why you gotta wait until then? When you're momentum's going, that's when… — David Ortiz
I don't write books for people to be friends with the characters. If you want to find friends, go to a cocktail party. — ZoÃ« Heller
Any time, every time, you can damn the Prime Minister and so long as it is not a lie and a criminal lie, nothing happens… — Lee Kuan Yew
What you are lies with you. If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work,… — Gene Stratton-Porter
But once you publish a book, doesnâ€™t it by definition become the realm of public discourse? Otherwise, wouldnâ€™t we just write books and print them… — Jonathan Evison
I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books — Julian Clary

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