Book Quote by George Saunders

If I'm writing a story and you're reading it, or vice versa, you took time out of your day to pick up my book.…

— George Saunders

I don't talk about my books while I'm writing them: not even my husband knows what a novel's about until it's done.

— Sarah Dessen

A novel is a relationship, you know? When you read a book, the writer has done half the work, and you're doing half the…

— Noah Hawley

I've long come to the conclusion that when people say they can't put a book down, they don't mean they're interested in what's happening…

— David Malouf

I really don't think we should dismiss a book because we feel messed about intellectually. Or emotionally. That's the writer's job!

— Hilton Als

I remember how a man once got in touch with me to tell me that he was so engrossed in my book that he…

— Ashwin Sanghi

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

When you're chasing story lines, it's very challenging. It's hard enough to have a relationship in any case, let alone one where you're trying…

— Spencer Pratt

I'm always depressed when a book ends, because those are my friends for however long the book takes to write. Since I spend so…

— Seanan McGuire

There are numerous cases of that, where one of our writers discovers another writer whom he likes, and we then take that book on.…

— James Laughlin

I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.

— Anonymous

I always feel it is a shortcoming of mine as a reader and as a writer that I frankly need to like somebody.

— Ann Patchett