Book Quote by Fred D'Aguiar

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

A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment.

— Mick Foley

A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it,…

— Anonymous

“A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment. Not only that, but there's no guarantee that you will enjoy it,…

— Mick Foley

I once jokingly told someone that every book is like a relationship. They're four or five years long - that's not so bad. They're…

— A.M. Homes

Every time I fall in love with a book, I just feel grateful and thrilled to have it in my life.

— Glen Hirshberg

Immersing oneself in the problems of a book is a good way to keep from thinking of love.

— Orhan Pamuk

“My ideal relationship with a book is that I will read it for the first time entirely unspoiled. I won’t know anything whatsoever about…

— Jo Walton

Enthusiasm is big. When I write a book, it's a three-year commitment. Toward the end, I'm writing seven days a week, and it's exhausting…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

I am a passionate nonfinisher. Life is too short, and there are too many great books to read, so if I lose interest or…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

Writing a novel, in an unplanned and unpredictable way, makes you engaged; it takes you into yourself, and it becomes something between you and…

— David Bezmozgis

I do believe this to be the over-arching philosophy behind most of the books I've fallen in love with over the years. The more…

— Marla Frazee