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Most of the pleasure of making a book would go if it held nothing to be shared by other people. I would write for…

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

I'm not writing anything out of some sense of obligation, or for marketing purposes. This is just what I prefer to write. Even though…

— Hope Larson

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

When you're a working writer, sooner or later friends and acquaintances will get you alone and confide that they, too, have a book in…

— Steven Pressfield

I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood. We all…

— Shakti Gawain

Everyone has a book within them. Everyone has to write it thinking, 'How will I help other people? What will the book do to…

— Joachim de Posada

Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves. A better path is to write…

— Guy Kawasaki

I have learned that my assignment is to write books for people who do not like to read books. I really try to connect…

— Max Lucado

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

Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth…

— Richard North Patterson

I think back on all the great people in my life, from my parents to my teachers, and the wonderful influence they had on…

— Jimmie Allen