Books Quote by Gideon Defoe

“Writing a book and not publishing it, is like building a boat and never sailing it - UNTHINKABLE!”

— Tony Jones

“I had written all I was going to write, if the truth had been known, and there is nothing wrong with that. If more…

— Richard Ford

“What was the point of having a situation worthy of fiction if the protagonist didn't behave as he would have done in a book?”

— Julian Barnes

“I read the novel I had been writing for several months with an odd sense that it was the work of a stranger. I…

— Chloe Thurlow

“It's a funny thing, really, me publishing a book.... I've had so many people tell me it was stupid or impossible or that I…

— Molly Lynn Robinson

“If I knew what I was thinking [...] I would never have become a writer.”

— Amélie Nothomb

“If you talked about writing books, you’d never do it.”

— Rick Mofina

“You were meant to write this book.”

— M. Kirin

“...I happen to be the kind of author who in starting to work on a book has no purpose than to get rid of…

— Vladimir Nabokov

“I'd had the idea, once, that if I could get the chance before I died I would read all the good books there were.…

— Wendell Berry

“Books could be an incredible adventure. I stayed under my blanket and barely moved, and no one would have guessed how my mind raced…

— Paula McLain

“Just like so many things in life, the secret to writing a book is just sticking with it. Put in the time and eventually…

— Jeffrey Littorno