Book Quote by Mary Roberts Rinehart

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb.

— Joni Mitchell

Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.

— Mignon McLaughlin

“Being a writer is an important job because we bring emotion and imagination into a world filled with endless, inane chatter.”

— Jennifer Probst

I write in a noisy, distracting world so the books can be read there.

— Chuck Palahniuk

The creative writer is usually captive to his next book.

— Fannie Hurst

I just love the idea that people disappear into the story for a while. You grab a book, and you want to get back…

— Bernard Beckett

“Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.”

— Graeme Roberts

This is the great luxury of not working: the moment you read a book that has nothing to do with work, you know you're…

— Eddie Redmayne

The creative mind is restless.

— Rishi Kapoor

“I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted.”

— Francois Mauriac

Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the…

— Simon Van Booy

When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no…

— Ernest Hemingway