Books Quote by Paulo Coelho

Writing is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public

— Paulo Coelho

“Being a writer is like standing naked in the High Street hoping people won't find you ridiculous.”

— Graham Storrs

“A book is as private and consensual as sex.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

“To write a book is to risk being shot at in public.”

— Anonymous

When you're writing what you love, it's the most fun you can have with your clothing still on, unless of course, you write naked.

— Don Roff

“Books should be full of stuff you could never say to people in public.”

— Alain de Botton

“My advice is to write in the nude. Unless you do your writing in a public restroom, and in that case, I’d recommend wearing…

— Jarod Kintz

Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.

— Barbara Pym

“Writing without responsibility is like taking out your cloths in public and begging people to not look at you.”

— M.F.Moonzajer

“The history of art is full of women lying around naked for erotic consumption by men.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“Writers are those weird people that like to take off their skin in public.”

— Ksenia Anske

I expected more from literature than from real, naked life.

— Gunter Grass