Bloody Quote by Robert Harris

“The book should be the written counterpart of the unwritten world; its subject should be what does not exist and cannot exist except when…

— Italo Calvino

Thank heaven, though, one of the few mistakes I haven't made is to talk about the unwritten book.

— John le Carre

For the book unwritten is the book burned.

— Anonymous

Everything in the world exists to end up in a book.

— Hosea Ballou

The world exists to end up in a book.

— Stephane Mallarme

Writing every book is like a purge; at the end of it one is empty ... like a dry shell on the beach, waiting…

— Daphne du Maurier

Everything in the world exists in order to end up as a book.

— Stephane Mallarme

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

— Phyllis A. Whitney

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 Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…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

“A story unwritten is without beginning or end. But in its potential lies another story; and in the heartbeat before pen meets page, both…

— Nenia Campbell

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

— Joy Williams

Good novels are not written, they're rewritten!

— Michael Crichton