Book Quote by Walter Benjamin

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

— Walter Benjamin

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy…

— Walter Benjamin

“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…

— Neil Gaiman

Book writing is not a get-rich-quick scheme. Anyone who decides to write a book must expect to invest a lot of time and effort…

— Dan Poynter

Great books write themselves, only bad books have to be written.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be…

— Walter Benjamin

When people say they write for themselves, that's probably what they do. I will admit that I don't write for myself; I write to…

— Robert Cormier

Writing is a intensely personal activity. I can pen down my best thoughts when I'm alone. But when one is elevated into the stature…

— Ashwin Sanghi

I find that most books that I don't like are those in which the authors have indulged themselves. I can almost sense when they're…

— Robert Cormier

I'm not a writer who thinks about writing only for themselves; I do always have a reader in mind.

— Emma Healey

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