Book Quote by Gerald Martin

“Nobody ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have while trying to write one.”

— Robert Byrne

Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote…

— Jim Gaffigan

No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one.

— Robert Byrne

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.

— George Orwell

“I tell everyone who asks me about writing...almost everyone has an idea for a book, and some even have a great ending, but it's…

— Brooklyn Hudson

“The reason authors almost always put a dedication on a book is, because their selfishness even horrifies themselves in the end.”

— Stephen King

“We have no time to waste on insignificant books, hollow books, books that are there to please... We want books that cost their authors…

— Laurence Cossé

You don't write a book. You write a sentence and then a paragraph and then a page and then a chapter. Looking at writing…

— Rebecca Serle

“There is a heavy price to pay for writing a bad book.”

— Tony Burgess

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.

— Tibor Fischer

“Books exceed authors' lifespan.”

— Toba Beta

“I couldn't see killing myself if I had a book that was only half-read: Fountainhead, Catcher in the Rye, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,…

— Michael Anthony