Ability Quote by Nadine Gordimer

A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share.

— Margaret Bourke-White

When I'm writing a book, I draw from my immediate experience, and my books are therefore almost a snapshot of where I am at…

— Maria Semple

“Reading a book is like life: you live it one page at a time.”

— Ronald E. Yates

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

— Ann Brashares

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

With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over…

— Dani Shapiro

I think, as a writer, you spend most of your time working on the book alone.

— Jenny Han

“Books are not only the arbitrary sum of our dreams, and our memory. They also give us the model of self-transcendence. Some people think…

— Susan Sontag

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Your life is a book. Some have written half-way, some, three-quarter way. You have the opportunity to write and rewrite the book of your…

— Nike Campbell-Fatoki

I could write several books about my life.

— Bob Christo