Approach Quote by Donna Tartt

A new book is like a friend that I have yet to meet

— Abraham Lincoln

To me a good book is like a quiet friend—a friend who’s happy to share thoughts and feelings with you, who’s always there when…

— Kevin Brooks

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

— Jean M. Auel

If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the…

— Natalie Portman

The novels take longer to write than the picture book texts, and they do take a different sort of concentration. However, a very short,…

— Margaret Mahy

To me there's no difference between a book of stories and a novel - they're just slightly different shapes.

— Aleksandar Hemon

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

— Martin Farquhar Tupper

I'm kind of interested in learning to learn and grow and challenge myself. I think I've been very fortunate in that my books are…

— Joe Meno

The novel I am constantly writing is always the same one, and it might be described as a variously sliced-up or torn-apart book of…

— Robert Walser

Novels are more difficult simply because they are longer and require more juggling, but short stories are closer to perfection, if you can get…

— Colum McCann

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

— Anonymous

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort…

— Anonymous