Aspect Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end…

— Sue Grafton

I thought when I started writing that I'd have a book out in four or five years, and as it became apparent that that…

— Ben Fountain

So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.

— Justin Cronin

With each book, I've found myself more and more able to draw off the personal and still be as vulnerable as I need to…

— Nathan Englander

I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and…

— Charlaine Harris

I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books.

— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr

When I finish a book, I always fear that I'll never write again. It takes a lot of time. You always think if you…

— Claire Messud

It's insane to be a writer and not be a reader. When I'm writing I'm more likely to be reading four or five books…

— Markus Zusak

I feel like I could devote myself to far more important things than writing novels.

— Sally Rooney

I had wanted to be a writer for a very long time, and I had started a lot of books and failed to finish…

— Leigh Bardugo

If you don't write your books, nobody else will do it for you. No one else has lived your life.

— Jose Saramago

Sometimes you write and you find yourself almost wondering how it will turn out. I don't think every writer sort of almost admits that…

— J. P. Donleavy