American Quote by Robin Sloan

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

— Beverly Cleary

Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf.

— Maggie Stiefvater

You think of the book you'd most like to be reading, and then you sit down and shamelessly write it.

— Anonymous

While Fledging is a different type of book, The Parable series serve as cautionary tales. I wrote the Parable books because of the direction…

— Octavia Butler

I come up with a blurb at the beginning, but the book will always be completely different by the time it's finished. They say,…

— Irvine Welsh

“A writer should be on a quest to get better and better with each book. May it be a never-ending quest.”

— Mark Rubinstein

You have to write the book that wants to be written,

— Madeleine L'Engle

Books are peculiar. When you write one, you also have to find things that make headlines.

— Luca Toni

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

— Sue Grafton

What to do Before Your Book Launch is the new invaluable tool for writers. There is so much to know and now it’s all…

— Julie Klam

“Write the book the way it should be written, then give it to somebody to put in the commas and shit.”

— Elmore Leonard

The one thing you have to do if you write a book is put yourself in someone else's shoes. The reader's shoes. You've got…

— Mark Haddon