Antidote Quote by Colson Whitehead

“I'm not the same reader when I finish a book as I was when I started, brains are tangles of pathways, and reading creates…

— Will Schwalbe

I guess there is also an element of deliberate change involved. Each of my books has been, at least from my point of view,…

— George Murray

A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it.

— David Mitchell

With books at least, the best experiences are not when you find what you were looking for, but when something quite different finds you,…

— Tim Parks

That's the thing about a great book. Every time you read it, it's different, because you're different. You've changed since the last time you…

— Jessica Zafra

I like to think that each book I start is a completely new departure But I’ve learned that whatever you do, readers will have…

— Ian Mcewan

With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over…

— Dani Shapiro

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another…

— Gretchen Rubin

Every book I've written has been a different attempt to understand something, and the success or failure of the previous one is irrelevant. I…

— Yann Martel

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the…

— E. L. Doctorow

Every time I write a new book, I want to push myself to try something different.

— Lauren Myracle

A good book changes for you every few years because you are in a different place in your own life. That's a sign of…

— Alan Lightman