Art Quote by Sheila Heti

The two things I enjoy the most about writing are the first page of a book and the last. What's in between is very…

— Rachel Gibson

For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it.

— Lois McMaster Bujold

I think writing books is a way for me to work out certain issues. I write about what matters to me, always.

— Benjamin Alire Saenz

Id always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in…

— Donald Ray Pollock

I write because I want to end my loneliness. Books make people less alone. That, before and after everything else, is what books do.…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I think I liked writing a novel better. Obviously, it's more rewarding. It's that marathon thing where it sucks when you're doing it, but…

— Drew Magary

With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens to people,…

— Dave Barry

I like writing, and I enjoy it. It's painful. You can't get around the pain of writing. I'm still trying to balance on what…

— Gbenga Akinnagbe

Writing at home and then going out into the world to talk about why books matter to me feeds the writing. It's a good…

— Kate DiCamillo

For me,the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out-the writing down of it I always…

— Michael Morpurgo

I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love…

— Donald Miller

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

— Philip Roth