Asks Quote by Jackie Collins

You have to wait for your mind to catch up with whatever it is it’s working on; then you can write a novel.

— James M. Cain

I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating…

— Gary Ross

In the end I write the novels I need to write when I need to write them.

— Steve Erickson

Writing a book is like washing an elephant: there's no good place to begin or end, and it's hard to keep track of what…

— Azgraybebly Josland

I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not…

— Michel Foucault

Every time you finish something ... you figure you've finally learned to write, right? Then you start something else and it turns out you…

— Grace Paley

I never know what I'm going to write next. If I'm still writing the book but I'm very near the end, and I begin…

— Elmore Leonard

I'm a relatively disciplined writer who composes the whole book before beginning to execute and write it. Of course, you can't hold - you…

— Orhan Pamuk

The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction -…

— Michelle Gagnon

“Writing your book is not the end all of your strategy. It is a powerful catalyst that will push you to the top of…

— Kytka Hilmar-Jezek

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing

— Anne Tyler

Writing is a solitary experience. I'm extremely superstitious. If I talk about the book or name the title out loud before finishing, I feel…

— Paulo Coelho