Book Quote by Dorothy L. Sayers

“The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it.

— George MacDonald

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 Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…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

Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.

— Henry David Thoreau

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

Without writers fooling themselves about what their books might accomplish there would be no books at all.

— Mark Vonnegut

I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

— Gabrielle Zevin

There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.

— Anonymous

I know very well that one cannot become an author by just writing a book.

— Navya Nair

You have to write the book that wants to be written,

— Madeleine L'Engle

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

— Scott Turow

If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, you must be the one to write it.

— Toni Morrison