Again Quote by Terry Pratchett

Often something comes in from which you can see that the person is good, the book may not be perfect as it is, and…

— James Laughlin

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.

— Larry Winget

Every writer has certain subjects that they write about again and again, and . . . most people's books are just variations on certain themes.

— Christopher Isherwood

In my experience, every book you write changes the conditions in which you write the next.

— Howard Jacobson

A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

— Samuel Johnson

In a sense, one can never read the book that the author originally wrote, and one can never read the same book twice.

— Edmund Wilson

“A book is never, ever finished. You simply get to a point where you and your editor are reasonably happy with how it is…

— Kimberly Pauley

Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set…

— Irvine Welsh

A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet of paper…

— Sasa Stanisic

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 Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…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

The ways in which a book, once read, stays (and changes) in the reader's mind are unpredictable.

— Julian Barnes

“No book is written; it's always re-written”

— Jean Fullerton