Book Quote by Wilfrid Sheed

“I couldn't see killing myself if I had a book that was only half-read: Fountainhead, Catcher in the Rye, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy,…

— Michael Anthony

The first book you write because of the way it makes you feel. The second one you can't help but wonder how it's going…

— Kathryn Stockett

The last book I read was the book I've been rereading most of my life, The Fountainhead.

— Vince Vaughn

When asked for advice by beginners. Know your ending, I say, or the river of your story may finally sink into the desert sands…

— Isaac Asimov

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

I have finished To Kill a Mockingbird. It is now my favorite book of all time, but then again, I always think that until…

— Stephen Chbosky

The second book, which was probably more from a professional standpoint - when I read Junot Díaz's Drown, I was like, Oh my god,…

— Matt de la Pena

Every one of my books had killed me a little more.

— Norman Mailer

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build…

— Michael Koryta

The only reason anybody bought your book in the first place is because they were hoping you would DIE at the end of it!

— Chris Jericho

I love the novel because it's like a love affair. You can just fall into it and keep going, and you never know where…

— Daniel Alarcon

The first book was a life story that I was hesitant to write anyway because I didn't feel like I had a real life…

— Bobby Bones