Book Quote by Ina Coolbrith

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

— Gore Vidal

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

— Anonymous

Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…

— Ethan Canin

To make it interesting and worth doing, writing a novel has to be a leap into the unknown. I have to be unsure if…

— Charles Palliser

The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the more the…

— George Saunders

If a book isn't teaching me something, pulling something out of me, then it will be dull for me and the reader.

— Scott Spencer

I was mainly in a state of nervousness while I wrote it - nervousness that it was far bigger and more complicated than anything…

— Jonathan Coe

If i write a book it will probably be a book about how not to use the internet or a book of poetry.

— Misha Collins

If you were a fully realized person-whatever the hell that would be-you wouldn't fool around writing books.

— William H. Gass

If there's a book that you want to read,but hasn't been written yet,then you must write it.

— Toni Morrison

I wouldn't be a very good writer if someone hadn't taught me how to read.

— Richard Ford

But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it.

— George MacDonald