Book Quote by George W. Bush

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

— Gore Vidal

I didn't want to write a book. They made me do it.

— Grace Slick

I used to tell my writing students that they must write the books they wished they could come upon - because then the books…

— Anne Lamott

I'm not writing to encourage people to read my book or even books in general. That's not my job. My job is to write…

— Sally Rooney

Write a book you'd like to read. If you wouldn't read it, why would anybody else? Don't write for a perceived audience or market.…

— Hilary Mantel

Why don't you write books people can read?

— Nora Joyce

I've found that writers who don't read really can't write.

— Sylvia Day

More books have resulted from somebody's need to write than from anybody's need to read.

— Ashleigh Brilliant

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

— Robert Cormier

There are some people who have been reading me for years, and they keep saying kind things about the writing. That's what you're writing…

— Elmore Leonard

The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book.

— Anne Enright

I have never written a book that didn't teach me far more than it taught my reader.

— Isaac Asimov