Book Quote by Elmore Leonard

“Just like so many things in life, the secret to writing a book is just sticking with it. Put in the time and eventually…

— Jeffrey Littorno

“Write and keep writing, not because people will like it, but because someone may get a kick out of thrashing your book.”

— Magus Tor

“No one gives a shit if you write a book or not.”

— Jeffrey Ford

“A piece of writing has to start somewhere, go somewhere, and sit down when it gets there.”

— John McPhee

“The Author Promise: Determine what you are going to give the reader, deliver it and never break that promise.”

— Sarah Gerdes

“The author must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“A writer should be on a quest to get better and better with each book. May it be a never-ending quest.”

— Mark Rubinstein

“I think that writing should be honest and simple, and it should say something about what it means to be a person. When God…

— M.V. Carey

“The job of the writer is to change the way the reader sees the world.”

— after Richard Ford

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Don't you think it's rather nice to think that we're in a book that God's writing? If I were writing the book, I might…

— E. Nesbit

“Books are written through you, not by you”

— Gaurav Punj