Attempt Quote by John Updike

I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is important.

— Cynthia Rylant

I have loved books all my life. There is nothing more beautiful in our material world than the book.

— Patti Smith

A book is really like a lover. It arranges itself in your life in a way that is beautiful.

— Maurice Sendak

Books have their idiosyncrasies as well as people, and will not show me their full beauties unless the place and time in which they…

— Elizabeth von Arnim

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

— George Henry Lewes

I want to put out a few books throughout my lifetime.

— Katelyn Ohashi

A love of books, of holding a book, turning its pages, looking at its pictures, and living its fascinating stories goes hand-in-hand with a…

— Laura Bush

I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of mind, and…

— Annie Dillard

There's something lovely about writing a book, doing what you want. I love the solitariness of it.

— Jane Fallon

Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer…

— Janet Evanovich

“Writing a book is both rewarding and inspiring The preparation, research and introduction of new chapters to an ever increasing text provides enormous excitement…

— Roy Taylor

No matter how many books you've written, whenever you sit down to write a new book, you always feel the same challenge - how…

— Cassandra Clare