About Quote by Paulo Coelho

The act of writing is a way of tricking yourself into revealing something that you would never consciously put into the world. Sometimes I'm…

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

— Justin Halpern

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in…

— Paul Auster

As a grad student and later as a writer, I have found it hard to sustain the pure, almost erotic love of reading I…

— Elif Batuman

When I finish a book, I always fear that I'll never write again. It takes a lot of time. You always think if you…

— Claire Messud

I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to the end.…

— Anthony Horowitz

For me,the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out-the writing down of it I always…

— Michael Morpurgo

Usually when I finish the draft of a book, I'm sure I'll never write another one. I'm just that tired and sick of myself.…

— Sarah Dessen

Writing is writing. It is all about telling stories, and I've been doing that for so long, in all realms, that it all feels…

— Daveed Diggs

I don't know how everyone writes a novel; that sounds exhausting.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

I do find it challenging to leave stuff out. Two of my models for novel-writing are 'The Great Gatsby' and 'As I Lay Dying,'…

— Amy Bloom

Writing is like hitting yourself on the head with a hammer. It always feels good when you finish.

— Ray Guy