Book Quote by Gregory Maguire

A good book is like an unreachable itch. You just can't leave it alone.

— Laura Bush

Either you've got the bug, or you haven't. There are many things I'd rather be doing than writing a book.

— Clive Cussler

I always feel very afraid as I work on books. It's just so hard to write a decent book!

— Jennifer Egan

I write books to relieve myself of pain. That's the prime motivator to write. Period.

— Bret Easton Ellis

When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was…

— David Guterson

Usually, you don't know where a book comes from ... it's just there, some kind of an itch that you can't quite scratch.

— Cormac McCarthy

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have…

— Ludwig Bemelmans

I suffer from the disease of writing books and being ashamed of them when they are finished.

— Baron de Montesquieu

My books keep me occupied.

— Akshara Haasan

I just write books, and I do it without any notion of what I should do or shouldn't do.

— Jasper Fforde

I write when something sticks in my craw. Writing is a compulsion — or an itch.

— Hisaye Yamamoto

I don't write books inadvertently.

— A. N. Wilson