Because Quote by Dan DeCarlo

Because here's the thing about a book: when you pick up a story, you put down your own.

— Holly Smale

You want people to be eager for your book; the downside is when the people forget the series even exists.

— George R. R. Martin

Once you write a book, you hand it over to the readers, and it's their book then. They're so involved. They ask questions about…

— Fiona Barton

I turned down all the requests for the rights to the books, for years, mostly because they wanted the rights to the characters, and…

— Louise Penny

Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know…

— Cassandra Clare

That's the thing: once it's in their hands, it's not my book anymore, it's theirs. I have no idea what happens when they start…

— Rosecrans Baldwin

“Many people are partial to the notion that . . . all writers are somehow mere vessels for Truth and Beauty when they compose.…

— Paul Collins

Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it is, and…

— James Laughlin

I definitely feel like when I write a book it's not my job to police or guide the readers. The book and the characters…

— Danzy Senna

I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.

— Irvine Welsh

If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to surprise you.

— Alan Lightman

To keep something around just because it is already on the books, I think, is wrong.

— Sam Graves