Began Quote by David McCullough

I'm a journalist, not an advocate, so I approached researching and writing the book the same way that I do any other reporting. But…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

During the first five years that I was writing the series, I made plans and wrote small pieces of all the books. I concentrate…

— J. K. Rowling

I think with every book you realize you are partway through and there is something really elementary that you should have researched.

— Stacy Schiff

I still find the idea of a research-heavy or historical novel daunting. That's something I've had in mind for a while: like, would you…

— Lynn Coady

I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.

— Clive Cussler

I enjoy research; in fact research is so engaging that it would be easy to go on for years, and never write the novel…

— Helen Dunmore

One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory…

— Bernard Cornwell

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

When I really want to learn about something, I write a book on it. Then the real research begins, as I begin to hear…

— Joseph Chilton Pearce

Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful.

— Ruth Ozeki

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.

— Dylan Moran

I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.

— Terry Bradshaw