Book Quote by J. P. Donleavy

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s…

— Paul Auster

As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

— Ann Brashares

I don't read my own books, but sometimes if there is a new edition I open it and then I feel this life of…

— Peter Handke

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and…

— John Grogan

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is…

— E. L. Doctorow

I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're…

— Robert Cormier

I think that most writers who are trying to write important and difficult books are in many ways putting their own humanity into question.…

— Chris Abani

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.

— Kanye West

What I'm trying to say is that a lot that lies behind being able to live the writing life is psychological and wrapped up…

— Nathan Englander

“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

The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when I'm alone. But when one is elevated into the stature…

— Ashwin Sanghi