Assuming Quote by Patrick Duffy

I lead a very conventional life. I don't lead a writer's life. And I think that can be a source of suspicion and irritation…

— Joan Didion

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

— Philip Roth

I'm not writing anything out of some sense of obligation, or for marketing purposes. This is just what I prefer to write. Even though…

— Hope Larson

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I…

— Rob Lowe

you want to write a book for so many reasons ... The main reason ... is because it will make you well-known and beloved…

— Helen Gurley Brown

I've always wanted to write a book. And it turned out that it was more about finding a story that I felt I was…

— Hank Green

If you don't write your books, nobody else will do it for you. No one else has lived your life.

— Jose Saramago

I never really wanted to write a book in the first place. Never intended to do such. I feel like I wasted a lot…

— Scarface

I think people get satisfaction from living for a cause that's greater than themselves. They want to leave an imprint. By writing books, I'm…

— Daniel H. Pink

I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.

— Billy Bob Thornton

I write books to influence people I will never meet. Books increase my audience and my message.

— Les Parrott

I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.

— Benjamin Alire Saenz