Book Quote by Lois McMaster Bujold

I envy those writers who outline their novels, who know where they're going. But I find writing is a process of discovery.

— Jay McInerney

For me, writing is a way of finding out about things I didn't know before I began writing.

— Alejandro Zambra

Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.

— Kate Mosse

For me, the process of writing a novel happens mostly in your head before you actually start writing.

— Dan Chaon

I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery

— Joseph Epstein

It's true that I have spoken about doing a book before, but then everyone you speak to is planning to write a book.

— Dylan Moran

I think I prefer writing books because the work of art begins and ends with you - it's easier to know if you're doing…

— Sheila Heti

The two things I enjoy the most about writing are the first page of a book and the last. What's in between is very…

— Rachel Gibson

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

Writing a novel is always complicated, it's not like you snap your fingers and go, 'Ah, I know what I'll write'. For me, a…

— Reif Larsen

For me, the optimum circumstances for writing a book are those of stultifying routine.

— Lisa Jewell