Book Quote by Edward Abbey

There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go…

— Robertson Davies

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

— Catherine Mayer

I seldom know what I'm going to write when I sit down. There isn't much agony and sweat of the human spirit involved in…

— Charles Bukowski

I think, what's the point of writing a book that you would get in one sitting?

— Hilton Als

“To write books is easy, it requires only pen and ink and the ever-patient paper. To print books is a little more difficult, because…

— Stanley Unwin

Writing a book is not easy.

— Lisa Jewell

When I'm really plugged in I find it difficult to write. It's like digging a well. If you make a void, something moves in…

— Mohsin Hamid

I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because…

— Markus Zusak

Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane.

— Justin Halpern

Writing a book is so much harder than I imagined.

— Eva Gutowski

I have a very short attention span, so sitting down with a book is very difficult for me.

— Tomi Lahren

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