Book Quote by Daniel Kehlmann

I think what gets you through a small writing project, is just one burst of inspiration. A book, especially a longer book, it's a…

— Alan Lightman

When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story…

— Michael Ondaatje

I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail.…

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick of myself.…

— Sarah Dessen

I never discuss a novel while I'm writing it, for fear that talking about it will diminish my desire to write it.

— Dean Koontz

I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone.

— Jenny Han

Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical…

— Cory Doctorow

I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.

— Paul Auster

Between books, I have to throw out everything I did before, because the tools I've used to write the previous book will not only…

— Jennifer Egan

“I personally find that having a couple of projects going at once can be an aid to focus, refreshing my brain as I go…

— Charles Finch

Writing books takes a long time, and one thing a writer must do is learn to live with his or her project.

— Charles Bock

Yes. To write a novel is to risk my sanity. The deeper I get into the suffering and conflict of the characters, into the…

— Anne Rice