Art Quote by Heather Sellers

Writing doesn't mean necessarily putting words on a sheet of paper. You can write a chapter while walking or eating.

— Umberto Eco

Writing nonfiction is more like sculpture, a matter of shaping the research into the finished thing.

— Joan Didion

A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet of paper…

— Sasa Stanisic

“Writing is emblematic art form, which means that the book will never be any greater than the writer’s ability to perceive, classify, and describe…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on.

— Brian Tracy

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

— Catherine Mayer

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on…

— Anne Enright

Writing is a craft and, like all craft, proceeds by stages: conception, material selection, rough shaping, detailed shaping, sanding and finishing.

— Richard Rhodes

Writing is not like painting where you add. It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees. Writing is more…

— Elie Wiesel

I think I prefer writing books because the work of art begins and ends with you - it's easier to know if you're doing…

— Sheila Heti

You don't write a book. You write a sentence and then a paragraph and then a page and then a chapter. Looking at writing…

— Rebecca Serle

“To write books is easy, it requires only pen and ink and the ever-patient paper. To print books is a little more difficult, because…

— Stanley Unwin