Art Quote by Gideon Defoe

You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your…

— Bret Easton Ellis

I didn't write my book, 'I Don't Care About Your Band,' in order to give women a brand-new set of dating rules they need…

— Julie Klausner

I didn't want my book to be soapy - maybe it's my vanity but I think I can write better than that.

— June Brown

My next book - each one while I'm working on it - dances in my mind and thrills me at every turn. If it…

— Yann Martel

I wrote my book 'The Amorous Busboy Of Decatur Avenue' completely like a writer does, writing it down, re-writing everything. But in my stand-up,…

— Robert Klein

Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed, and now…

— Louise Penny

No matter how beautiful the paper, artwork, printing, and binding, I'm seldom drawn to a book unless it's by a writer I care about…

— Michael Dirda

“I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was curious to…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“I find your inner artist and get your best work out of you by nurturing it and you. I do not try and make…

— Gay Walley

You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can…

— Kathy Mattea

My freshman English professor at Kent State University in 1984 told me I was a good writer, and she loved all the silly pictures…

— Dav Pilkey

When I was 22 years old, I thought girls would like me if I wrote a novel. I spent so much time writing that…

— James Altucher