Book Quote by Helene Cixous

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you.

— Terry Tempest Williams

The writing is really important in books that affect me. I read for the writing. The story is usually of less interest to me.…

— James Salter

We need the books that affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves,…

— Franz Kafka

“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

“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we're reading doesn't wake us…

— Franz Kafka

Books are really, really hard to write. They represent a kind of a summit of grappling with what one really has to say

— Jaron Lanier

The fact of the matter is that you should really stop concerning yourself with writing a book because anyone can write a book that…

— Ashly Lorenzana

Some books inspire one to read, and some inspire one to write; for selfish reasons, I'm always looking for the latter.

— Andrew Sean Greer

Writing a book is like loving someone. It can be very painful.

— Joel Dicker

I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,…

— Anna Quindlen

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness.

— Kate DiCamillo

The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good…

— Patrick deWitt