Book Quote by Karin Slaughter

With each book, I'm trying to do something that terrifies me.

— Andrew Sean Greer

Like many a better one before me, I have gone down under the force of numbers, under the books and books and books that…

— Dorothy Parker

I try not to let myself get too wrapped up in the image of whatever my books have become in the outside world.

— Sally Rooney

When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was…

— David Guterson

Every book is vulnerable, and every book is nerve-wracking, but I've never been both so excited and terrified to have a book coming into…

— Nathan Englander

I look at what's going on in our society and what's pissing me off at the moment and I just get my basic gut…

— Larry Winget

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put…

— R. L. Stine

If you try to control it too much, the book is dead. You have to let it fall apart quite early on and let…

— Anne Enright

My gut is so strong. I feel like I have a lot of books in me, and they're going to come out because I…

— Rupi Kaur

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 try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.

— Wally Lamb

With all editing, no matter how sensitive - and I've been very lucky here - I react sulkily at first, but then I settle…

— Michael Morpurgo