Book Quote by Isaac Asimov

During every book, I have a nervous breakdown. Usually it's about two thirds of the way through the book - I'm just comatose on…

— Andrew Sean Greer

During really difficult times in my life when I start questioning why I am struggling with something, I often turn to books to understand…

— Halle Berry

Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel before my…

— Charles Stross

When lockdown happened, and I didn't have that focus to sit down and write a novel, which is what I was supposed to be…

— Dawn O'Porter

Most people who have a problem concentrate on the problem. They take it to bed with them and stay awake all night thinking it…

— Emmet Fox

When I finish a book, I get extremely restless; I have to aggressively find ways to occupy myself; going off into the woods alone,…

— Philipp Meyer

Another thing I need to do, when I'm near the end of the book, is sleep in the same room with it...Somehow the book…

— Joan Didion

My writing has gone to bits - like my character. I am simply a self-conscious nerve in pain.

— Oscar Wilde

I have forced myself to begin writing when I've been utterly exhausted, when I've felt my soul as thin as a playing card…and somehow…

— Joyce Carol Oates

I have so little control over the act of writing that it's all I can do to remain conscious.

— David Rakoff

When I finish a book, I'm so exhausted that I'm sort of letting myself think that this could be the end.

— Jo Nesbo

I find writing extremely difficult. I usually have to drag myself to my desk, mainly because I doubt myself. And it's getting harder because…

— Markus Zusak