Become Quote by Ellen Potter

I always try to stay as quiet as possible about a book until it's finished.

— Kevin Brockmeier

I feel like once I say out loud, to the public, what I'm working on, it's never going to be an actual book. So…

— Jacqueline Woodson

Publishing a book is like stuffing a note into a bottle and hurling it into the sea. Some bottles drown, some come safe to…

— Margaret Atwood

I write in a noisy, distracting world so the books can be read there.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends.

— Charles William Eliot

We keep quiet about what we read. Our enjoyment of a book remains a jealously guarded secret. Perhaps because there`s no need to talk,…

— Daniel Pennac

Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence.

— Umberto Eco

I don't know why the world has changed so much that writers are now expected to appear in public and talk about their work.…

— Jonathan Lethem

One of the saddest things about publishing is how quickly it ages what it touches. The frenzy involved in getting books on shelves, and…

— Walter Kirn

The idea for a book usually bubbles up from my sub-conscious when I am drifting off to sleep. Each one has started as a…

— Marie Bradby

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.

— Voltaire

There's so much published by so many different publishers. Most of the time, I don't have to confront that, but walking into a conference…

— Chris Pavone