Book Quote by Laurence Sterne

To write a book is for all the world like humming a song.

— Laurence Sterne

A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never…

— Madeleine L'Engle

The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the more the…

— George Saunders

A book comes and says, 'Write me.

— Madeleine L'Engle

When you're done [with writing a book], people tell you "Well, gee, I'm not interested." "Great, I'm glad I sat down and wrote this!"

— Lewis Black

“Because for some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these…

— Anne Lamott

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

— Jane Austen

“...for some of us, books are as important as anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat,…

— Anne Lamont

“To be in the middle of composing a book is almost always to feel oneself in a state of confusion, doubt and mental imprisonment…”

— Joseph Epstein

My books are my tools, and the greater their variety and perfection the greater the help to my literary work.

— Tryon Edwards

“A book about books is like a poem about poetry: Books are knowledge, paid for, all. Readers - horses in a stall. Stallions should…

— Will Advise

“There's a very thin line that separates readers and writers. You make a leap over that line when there’s a book you want to…

— Alice Hoffman