Book Quote by Holly Black Download Open image “A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.” — Holly Black ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Book Books Firsts Holy Holy grail Series
I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write. — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about… — Richard Helms Copy Share Image
One of the traps or the pitfalls of writing a trilogy - or a triptych, or whatever term you want to use - is… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
Second novels are bears. As are other people's expectations for them. I think taking the time you need with the second book is key.… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I think in some ways, you end up with more interesting storytelling with series, because if you've written yourself into a corner with something… — Sarah Pinborough Copy Share Image
I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
A good book ... leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul. — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
I think of every book as a single entity, and some have later gone on to become a series, often at the request of… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning. — Marguerite Young Copy Share Image
I think that The Second Sex will seem an old, dated book, after a while. But nonetheless, a book which will have made its… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“What they don’t realize is this: Yes, they frighten me, but I have always been scared, since the day I got here. I was… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Madoc makes a snorting sound, then turns to me. 'I am sure that Wren here wouldn't mind taking Lady Nore's castle and lands for… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“No, I won't help you. No I won't hear you explain why I should. It really is a magical word: no. You say whatever… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Let her alone,' said the enkanto, 'or I will curse you blind, lame, and worse.' The old man laughed. 'I'm a curse breaker, fool.'… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“His wax-white skin was cool to the touch when she brushed his neck to find the knot of cloth. She'd never been this close… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
So what are you really wearing?" The words left her mouth before she could consider them. She winced. He didn't seem to mind; in… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I grab a chair. "I don't mean to pry," I say, "but we're in a hospital. You sure you're fine?" She sighs heavily. "No… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I don't think I have made as much of my life as I should have. I should have written more books. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Some books are not read in the right way because they have skipped a stage of opinion, assume a crystallization of information in society… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
