Book Quote by Jackie Collins

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

— James Herbert

When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one.

— Alastair Reynolds

There’s no grand plan. All I know is that I write the books I want to write. All that other stuff is meaningless to…

— Bret Easton Ellis

I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually…

— Robert B. Parker

I don't plan the books ahead of time. It's not like Harry Potter. I don't work in a straight line. I don't write with…

— Diana Gabaldon

You've got to do something with all the books you've read, so you might as well imagine you've optioned them.

— Natasha Lyonne

Books are becoming everything to me. If I had at this moment any choice in life, I would bury myself in one of those…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

None of my books has been ever in my head; after they're finished, they go. It's like being a sort of medium; you just…

— Peter Ackroyd

Books are magic: you never know where they're going to end up.

— Dan Savage

You want all your books to stick around after you've gone.

— Salman Rushdie

I don't have time to read books. I've read my share of books throughout my life, and I will continue to do so.

— Stephen A. Smith

When I start any book, I have no idea what I'm going to do.

— Jon Krakauer