Books Quote by Louis Sachar

After writing each novel, I would spend days poring over suggestions from my editor.

— Ashwin Sanghi

I think I'm succinct to the point of trying to write the two-word novel. Editing my work almost never means taking anything out but…

— Kate DiCamillo

I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can't see what I'm doing. I grope for…

— Joanna Scott

Whenever I write a novel, most of the time it starts with barest slip of an idea.

— Elizabeth Berg

When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.

— Thomas Perry

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

I couldn't decide on a title for my first novel and my editor came up with Everything Good Will Come. After that, I thought…

— Sefi Atta

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say…

— Andrew Greeley

I write my novels personally, desperately and non-negligently. When I write my novels, I think about my novels only, and never do other works.

— Haruki Murakami

When it is my editor telling me how to rewrite a story, I listen and do what she asks because I have learned that…

— Kate DiCamillo

Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick of myself.…

— Sarah Dessen

I edit as I write. I revise endlessly. I don't go forward until I know that what I've written is as good as I…

— Anita Shreve