Balls Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Never mind, put any book on the piano, and someone can turn from time to time, so I need not look as though I…

— Felix Mendelssohn

The book shd. be a ball of light in one's hand.

— Ezra Pound

Before trying a novel I wrote a couple of plays.

— James Merrill

My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work.

— Tryon Edwards

Every time I see a piano, I have this urge to play it.

— Margot Robbie

A book comes and says, 'Write me.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“I felt like a pianist who'd been forced to play on a few white keys in the middle, finally allowed to run his hands…

— Ann Brashares

“Writing is enormously satisfying, a little difficult at times, but rewarding, especially when someone really loves the book - that is the ultimate joy.”

— A.H. Richardson

Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane.

— Justin Halpern

Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf.

— Maggie Stiefvater

I always want to write something better than the last book.

— Tracy Kidder

I started writing hits the day I sold my piano.

— Michael Cretu