Absent Quote by Michael Crichton

There's still nothing like a book to really make you feel like you've disappeared into a world.

— Noah Hawley

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again.

— Stephen Collins

The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is…

— George R. R. Martin

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

— Catherine Mayer

Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…

— Ethan Canin

A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your way.

— Philip Roth

I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where…

— Deb Caletti

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s…

— Paul Auster

I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane.

— Justin Halpern

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

— Ann Brashares