Book Quote by Greg Graffin

When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one.

— Alastair Reynolds

I like to pretend that each book is my first one and last one, because it takes a tremendous amount of energy to do…

— Jan Brett

Every time you finish a book, you have a terrible feeling that there's just never going to be another one. But fortunately, so far,…

— Salman Rushdie

Then you start another book and suddenly the galley proofs of the last one come in and you have to wrench your attention away…

— Bernard Cornwell

I always feel that the book I'm working on is my last book.

— Lorrie Moore

Every book I think will be my last one because after finishing I have the sense that I've said all I have to say,…

— Gustavo Perez Firmat

Every time you revisit a book, you get something else out of it.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.

— Kate Mosse

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

— Sue Grafton

I still try to make the "next" book my "best" book. I want to grip and move you in unexpected ways.

— Harlan Coben

When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so…

— Richard Russo

What I do usually is read the book first, for pleasure, to see if my brain starts connecting with it, as a movie. And…

— Richard LaGravenese