Book Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the…

— E. L. Doctorow

My life has been more influenced by books than by any other one thing.

— Diana Vreeland

My books don't seem to belong to me after I have once written them; and I find myself delivering opinions about them as if…

— George Eliot

A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share.

— Margaret Bourke-White

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another…

— Gretchen Rubin

As a writer, you live in such isolation. It's hard to imagine your book has a life beyond you.

— Ann Brashares

I always have the impression that I write the same book.

— Patrick Modiano

I really strive to bring something new to each book. I don't want to write the same book over and over again.

— Robert Crais

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.

— Ann Patchett

I can't single out one of my books or characters as a favorite. In the same way that I don't have a favorite kidney,…

— Lloyd Alexander

So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.

— Justin Cronin

I don't read my own books, but sometimes if there is a new edition I open it and then I feel this life of…

— Peter Handke