Book Quote by Diana Peterfreund

Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…

— Ethan Canin

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

— Robert Crais

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't…

— Michael Crichton

Every couple of years when your book comes out then you have to go into these fights with the publisher and the publicist and…

— Robert Greene

A book is made better by good readers and clearer by good opponents.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I always want to write something better than the last book.

— Tracy Kidder

When you write a book, people legitimise it by actually reading the book and so it's almost okay to write another one.

— Eoin Macken

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

As a writer you know you don't have to deal with a lot of the crap that most people deal with, the political things.…

— Robert Greene

My books have been part of my life forever. They have been good soldiers, boon companions. Every book has survived numerous purges over the…

— Joe Queenan

If you try to control it too much, the book is dead. You have to let it fall apart quite early on and let…

— Anne Enright

I noticed in America that if you write a book of any kind, you're made to be the representative of all the issues that…

— Zadie Smith