Book Quote by Elmore Leonard

If you're looking for self-help, why would you read a book written by somebody else?

— George Carlin

A suicide note written by somebody who is not suicidal is an autobiography.

— Dane Cook

The tweets that I send out are not written by somebody else. They're not vetted through my communications staff.

— Chris Murphy

Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.

— Stephen Spender

To have a role written for you by somebody who is a the top of his game is something that is very humbling.

— Luke Goss

I have all the time and space in the world when I write a book.

— Diana Gabaldon

I learned that you can't write a book in the margins of your life. I'd forgotten how much uninterrupted time it takes to write…

— Melissa Harris-Perry

I wanted to write a book about two women falling in love that wasn't hinged on tragedy or that involved some horrible identity-based misfortune.…

— Camille Perri

If you only write for 15 minutes at a time, you can write a book and still have time for Legos.

— Diana Abu-Jaber

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a…

— Elmore Leonard

You write a book, and after 50 pages you think it's about one thing, and then you write another hundred and you realize it's…

— Jami Attenberg