Book Quote by Reid Hoffman

It may be true too that I would not have encountered the most important books and art and ideas of my life had I…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

I lead a normal life and I don't assume there is anything I can impart to people. The only reason to write a book…

— Patrick Duffy

Writing seems to be the only profession people imagine you can do by thinking about doing it.

— Anna Quindlen

When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book.

— David McCullough

If you were a fully realized person-whatever the hell that would be-you wouldn't fool around writing books.

— William H. Gass

If I had taken a doctoral degree, it would have stifled any writing capacity.

— Anonymous

I feel like I could devote myself to far more important things than writing novels.

— Sally Rooney

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

— Catherine Mayer

The first good reason to write a book is to add value to people’s lives.

— Guy Kawasaki

One of the things I've tried to do in my career is really write different kinds of books, so I'm able to broaden people's…

— Lauren Oliver

I was working on a book about health and wellness, and nobody was interested in that from me. Thankfully, my cowriters reached out and…

— Perez Hilton

I wanted to achieve something because I thought that we should not just be born and live, so I started writing books.

— Chef Damu