Book Quote by Irvin D. Yalom

Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to mention in…

— Robert Harris

But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Every single day, I get letters - very moving, overwhelming letters - testifying how much my books have meant to people in times of…

— Alexander McCall Smith

I've long come to the conclusion that when people say they can't put a book down, they don't mean they're interested in what's happening…

— David Malouf

When I write, I get glimpses into future novels.

— Patricia Briggs

I hope readers will do what I do when I read a novel I like: talk in ways that will illuminate their own lives.

— Anna Quindlen

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise…

— David Guterson

You always hope a book's going to be a success. I don't think I've ever written a book thinking, 'This will be bad and…

— Ryan North

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.

— George Orwell

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

— Markus Zusak

I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where…

— Deb Caletti

Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that aren't books yet. They agonize over how to write…

— Deb Caletti