Book Quote by Marie Lu

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write.

— Rick Riordan

The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote.

— Ann Patchett

I believe in choosing the hardest book imaginable. I believe in reading up on what others have to say about this difficult book, and…

— Rick Moody

'One With You' was the hardest book I have ever written. I rewrote it three times.

— Sylvia Day

I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,…

— Anna Quindlen

The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.

— Rachel Gibson

It's hard to find a book that's safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places.

— Joan Didion

Holy cow - everything about writing a novel is hard for me.

— Laura van den Berg

Books are challenging and inspirational to me.

— Amy Sedaris

A novel seemed the easiest way to get what I had had in my head into the inside of other people's heads. Books are…

— Neil Gaiman

The most difficult book I wrote was the fourth in a series of linked children's books. It was like pulling teeth because the publisher…

— Mark Haddon

Every book is a kind of struggle, and it's a miracle when it comes out.

— Aravind Adiga