Bad Quote by Peter Handke

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

The way I feel about every book is this: you don't finish it, you abandon it. All of my books have in some sense…

— Russell Banks

The wonderful thing about books is you never run out of them, you can just keep going. So I'm always finding new writers, or…

— Molly Ringwald

Sometimes you write and you find yourself almost wondering how it will turn out. I don't think every writer sort of almost admits that…

— J. P. Donleavy

Book readers are special people, and they will always turn to books as the ultimate pleasure. Those who do not read are the unfortunate…

— Ruskin Bond

I have spent more time with other people's books than with my own. I do not regret it.

— Italo Calvino

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 Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…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

There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's the best…

— Willow Smith

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a…

— Anita Desai

I hope for so much from every book I read. And time and again, I find myself disappointed. I look across my bookshelves and…

— John Boyne

People only become writers if they can't find the one book they've always wanted to read.

— Virginia Woolf

I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

— Gabrielle Zevin