Book Quote by V. S. Naipaul

The hardest thing in the world for a writer is to amass a readership. So many good books come out, and so many good…

— Patrick deWitt

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy.

— H. L. Mencken

The publishing world is very timid. Readers are much braver.

— Kiran Desai

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 Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have…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

I wish that the act of publishing a book was less of a nerve-wracking experience.

— Charlie Huston

“Publishing a book is like giving birth. You labor over it and then produce what you think is the most beautiful thing in the…

— Jordan Silver

I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre.

— Joe R. Lansdale

That is sad until one recalls how many bad books the world may yet be spared because of the busyness of writers.

— Gore Vidal

I don't know why the world has changed so much that writers are now expected to appear in public and talk about their work.…

— Jonathan Lethem

So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

Many people who want to be writers don't really want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a…

— James A. Michener