Book Quote by Maggie Stiefvater

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

— Beverly Cleary

Write the book you'd want to read.

— Martha Stewart

“Write the book you wish you could find on the shelf but can't.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

I'm not interested in creating a book that is read once and then placed on the shelf and forgotten.

— Richard Scarry

“If you don't see the book you want on the shelf, write it.”

— Beverly Cleary

Write the book you want to read

— Austin Kleon

Write the book you want to read, the one you cannot find.

— Carol Shields

I always want to write something better than the last book.

— Tracy Kidder

I started writing books because I couldn't find the books I wanted to read on the shelf.

— Kameron Hurley

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

— Elizabeth Strout

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

— Dean Koontz

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.

— James D. Watson