Book Quote by Hilary Liftin

I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else?

— Eric Hill

“I just make the best book that I can and try to not worry about audience or if it will sell. The odds are…

— William T. Vollmann

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

— David Brin

If you're a writer, you have to be an egomaniac. You have to just believe in yourself, which is hard work.

— James Purdy

That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did it without…

— Sandra Cisneros

Writers are entirely egocentric. To them, few things in their lives have meaning or importance unless they give promise of serving some creative purpose.

— Doris Grumbach

If you do not want to explore an egoism you should not read autobiography.

— H. G. Wells

I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're…

— Robert Cormier

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

Sometimes you write and you find yourself almost wondering how it will turn out. I don't think every writer sort of almost admits that…

— J. P. Donleavy

Ego is only fine when it is working for your motivation.

— Sunil Chhetri

Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must…

— David Brin