Book Quote by Hilton Als

There is absolutely no point in sitting down to write a book unless you feel that you must write that book, or else go…

— Robertson Davies

You think of the book you'd most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it.

— Anonymous

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing.

— Neil Jordan

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

— Justin Halpern

It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.

— Gertrude Stein

The first good reason to write a book is to add value to people’s lives.

— Guy Kawasaki

I always thought it would be so much fun to write a book.

— Julie Foudy

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

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.

— Sharyn McCrumb

Sometimes I say that writing a novel is the same as constructing a chair: a person must be able to sit in it, to…

— Jose Saramago

I think as a writer one of the benefits is that you can put things that you're interested in into your books. I always…

— Sarah Dessen

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

— Ann Patchett