Book Quote by Ravi Subramanian

Book writing is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Anyone who decides to write a book must expect to invest a lot of time and effort…

— Dan Poynter

It's common procedure in the industry for people with little or no professional writing experience to get a book deal because of their profile,…

— Carole Radziwill

There is a big difference between wanting to say you wrote a book, and actually writing one. Many people think they want to write,…

— Scott Berkun

The good thing about being a writer is that you don't need anything except for a laptop. You can really do your own work,…

— Anonymous

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff…

— David Sedaris

I'm not writing to encourage people to read my book or even books in general. That's not my job. My job is to write…

— Sally Rooney

The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you…

— Berry Gordy

If you're going to be a writer, you're going to write because you have to. It's not like other arts and not nearly as…

— Ian Sansom

If you want to be a good writer, make sure you read. I'm amazed by how many people don't bother to do that.

— Mitch Albom

The first thing you have to know about writing is that it is something you must do everyday. There are two reasons for this…

— Walter Mosley

There are different reasons why people write: for themselves, or for other writers, or to get prizes, or keeping an audience in mind. In…

— Sarnath Banerjee

Writing is a job, a craft, and you learn it by trying to write every day and by facing the page with humility and…

— Stephen Dobyns