Along Quote by Deb Caletti

Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what…

— Azgraybebly Josland

If you can start and finish a book, then you're already a million miles ahead of all those people who talk about wanting to…

— Lisa Jewell

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

Writing a novel is like an amusement park or a museum or a city. You go into that place and you have certain experiences…

— Mohsin Hamid

I think when you first start out, you're writing books that are about your immediate place.

— Jami Attenberg

A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your way.

— Philip Roth

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a…

— John Gardner

A book of mine is always a matter of fate. There is something unpredictable about the process of writing, and I cannot prescribe for…

— Carl Jung

My own books drive themselves. I know roughly where a book is going to end, but essentially the story develops under my fingers. It's…

— Terry Pratchett

The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the more the…

— George Saunders

Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers.

— R. A. Salvatore