Books Quote by Eric Diehl

“Now I’ve given up any hope of lasting fame or literary perfection. I don’t care if I write a great book anymore, but just…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

“ I also know that not everyone will like what I do, and that there are many people who do love my work, and…

— Kate Forsyth

“I'd never be where I am if more successful writers hadn't taken an interest in me and done me a good turn.”

— Sara Sheridan

“I had been given a wonderful opportunity to be a novelist — a chance you just don't get every day.”

— Haruki Murakami

“I'd had the idea, once, that if I could get the chance before I died I would read all the good books there were.…

— Wendell Berry

“If every time you sat down, you expected something great, writing would always be a great disappointment. Plus that expectation would also keep you…

— Natalie Goldberg

“Sometimes a book that appeared dull or off-putting would somehow still draw you in, call to you, and when you finally embarked on the…

— Liam W. Russell

“Can there be any greater pleasure than to come across an author one enjoys and then to find they have written not just one…

— Alan Bennett

“If you talked about writing books, you’d never do it.”

— Rick Mofina

“I have had so many spectacular failures, but looking back, I can see how each of them led me a little closer to doing…

— Timothy Ferriss

“There are certain authors out there whose books I'll read no matter what they're about. More often than not I don't even need to…

— Shawn Kirsten Maravel

“A writer’s primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore’s is to make cents.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana