Book Quote by Ernest Hemingway

Because as any writer will tell you, an IDEA for a book is like falling in love, it's all wild emotion and headlong rush,…

— Ben H. Winters

I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books.

— Ruby Dee

Having books published is very destructive to writing.

— Ernest Hemingway

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

You need to cultivate love for books, it doesn't come to everyone naturally.

— Lara Dutta

Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…

— Ethan Canin

Writers are naturally obsessed with books, the tangible artifacts of their labor. Even beyond the text, I love the physicality of books, the possibilities…

— Ken Liu

I certainly want to continue to write in a way that's intimate. I love books where you feel you're having a romance with the…

— Joseph O'Neill

In a lot of ways, being a writer is a lousy job - grueling, emotionally taxing, terrible hours, no health care - so if…

— Elif Batuman

Writing a book is like loving someone. It can be very painful.

— Joel Dicker

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their…

— Sylvia Day

Why does the writing make us chase the writer? Why can't we leave well enough alone? Why aren't the books enough?

— Julian Barnes