Being Quote by Mary Roach

Reading English novels I always adore the ability to write without fear about inner psychological things that are so delicate.

— Olga Tokarczuk

Every book is vulnerable, and every book is nerve-wracking, but I've never been both so excited and terrified to have a book coming into…

— Nathan Englander

any writer is inevitably going to work with his own anxieties and desires. If the book is any good it has got to have…

— Iris Murdoch

I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do not read…

— Annie Dillard

I feel that there are two kinds of writers. I feel that there are writers who are storytellers and then there are those just…

— Steve Toltz

I've taken a certain a pride in all of my books. They devour so much time and energy that you have to engage deeply…

— Catherine Mayer

I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.

— Anonymous

When it comes time to sit down and write the next book, you're deathly afraid that you're not up to the task. That was…

— David Guterson

With each book, I've found myself more and more able to draw off the personal and still be as vulnerable as I need to…

— Nathan Englander

Writing is a process and you must trust the process! Fear and anxiety are part of that process along with the enthusaism and the…

— Sue Grafton

I always feel very afraid as I work on books. It's just so hard to write a decent book!

— Jennifer Egan

Be you writer or reader, it is very pleasant to run away in a book.

— Jean Craighead George