Book Quote by Dinah Maria Murlock Craik

“The most voluminous books on earth began each with a letter, then words; a phrase, then sentences. You never write great until you write…

— Justice Israel

A book should be luminous not voluminous.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.

— Larry Winget

I believe that books, once they are written, have no need of their authors.

— Elena Ferrante

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

— Jeanne Calment

I am a big believer in the fact that all authors really write only one book.

— Scott Turow

There are a number of people without whom I could not have written this book, but I hope you don't hold that against them.…

— Dave Barry

The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing; every one must be an author; some…

— Martin Luther

There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!

— Philip Larkin

The one author who has influenced my writing the most is the English writer John Fowles, who wrote 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,' 'The Magus,'…

— Elizabeth George

As Jules Renard said, no matter how much care an author takes to write as few books as possible, there will be people who…

— Donald Barthelme

Authors are like cattle going to a fair: those of the same field can never move on without butting one another.

— Walter Savage Landor