Quotes about Book Writing

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. Votes: 1

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. Votes: 1

My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world. Votes: 1

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. Votes: 1

Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me. Votes: 1

The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself. Votes: 1

There is a tradition that sees journalism as the dark side of literature, with book writing at its zenith. I don't agree. I think that all written work constitutes literature, even graffiti. Votes: 1

Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it. I haven't got a theory and I haven't got a framework. Votes: 1

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do. Votes: 1

I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it's based on is whether it's good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and try to rewrite it. Votes: 1

For the most part, my characters don't talk to me. I like to lord over them like some kind of benevolent deity. And, for the most part, my characters go along with it. I write intense character sketches and long, play-like conversations between me and them, but they stay out of the book writing itself. Votes: 1

Writing a book is an adventure. Votes: 0

Writing a book is not a crime. Votes: 0

Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult. Votes: 0

I really absolutely loved writing my first book. Votes: 0

Like all former thinkers, I'm writing a book. Votes: 0

The book doesn't end when you finish writing it. Votes: 0

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. Votes: 0

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. Votes: 0

You could be writing the book that changes your life. Votes: 0

I'm writing this book because we're all going to die. Votes: 0

Dreams are letters from the book your life is writing. Votes: 0

I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book. Votes: 0

Every writer dreams of writing a book that will touch people. Votes: 0

I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book. Votes: 0

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose. Votes: 0

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing. Votes: 0

Dreams are illustrations from the book your soul is writing about you. Votes: 0

The most important thing about writing a book is having book parties. Votes: 0

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book. Votes: 0

There are favorable hours for reading a book, as for writing it. Votes: 0

Writing the book automatically made me accept myself and love myself more. Votes: 0

Writing a picture book is like writing 'War and Peace' in Haiku. Votes: 0

The first audience that you have when writing a book is you. Votes: 0

I'm supposed to be writing a book, and I can hardly read. Votes: 0

Writing a book is like loving someone. It can be very painful. Votes: 0

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book. Votes: 0

I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance. Votes: 0

I am writing a book. So far I have the pages numbered. Votes: 0

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story. Votes: 0

I have been writing poetry since 1975. My first poetry book was published in 1986. Votes: 0

Whenever I'm writing a book, small details from my life always creep in. Votes: 0

I teach for the Book Trust, which promotes reading and writing with children. Votes: 0

Life is a great Book. We are writing the history of our time. Votes: 0

I would say [I love] writing, because lately I've been finishing my book. Votes: 0

It's not my brain that's writing the book, it's these hands of mine. Votes: 0

I'm writing a new book right now that is like an erotica manifesto. Votes: 0

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you. Votes: 0

This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Votes: 0

For me, writing is more a process of discovering the book than planning it. Votes: 0

I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human. Votes: 0

His life was a book of his own writing, one orderly page after another. Votes: 0

Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy. Votes: 0

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. Votes: 0

I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book. Votes: 0

The process of book writing for me is entirely one of trial and error. Votes: 0

The good thing about writing book is that you can dream while you are awake... Votes: 0

I love writing. I've always written journals. I loved writing the book on living alone. Votes: 0

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. Votes: 0

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. Votes: 0

When you write a book for publication, you're writing it for other people to read. Votes: 0

I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book. Votes: 0

What I am best at is reading a book and then writing a critical essay. Votes: 0

She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it. Votes: 0

she is waiting the day she would stop writing about him in her daily book Votes: 0

Don't ever trust anyone who's writing a book. They make up lies for a living. Votes: 0

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample. Votes: 0

Forget the books you want to write. Think only of the book you are writing. Votes: 0

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. Votes: 0

I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later. Votes: 0

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing. Votes: 0

The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. Votes: 0

The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book Votes: 0

Life is a book. Do you not realise we are writing the history of our time~? Votes: 0

We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines? Votes: 0

You'll learn that the key to a great book is editing-grindin g, buffing, and polishing-not writing. Votes: 0

Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development. Votes: 0

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it. Votes: 0

Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters. Votes: 0

I was so long writing my review that I never got around to reading the book. Votes: 0

Writing a book is hard. It turns out, writing a second book is twice as hard. Votes: 0

Life is a book. Do you not realise we are writing the history of our time? Votes: 0

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life. Votes: 0

I keep my TV writing and my book writing almost wholly separate. The audiences feel so different. Votes: 0

I'm passionate again about writing. This is important to me; it's got to be the comeback book. Votes: 0

I began writing seriously in my mid-20s and didnt publish my first book until I was 41. Votes: 0

I once considered writing a book called I'm not OK and you're not OK, and that's OK. Votes: 0

There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it. Votes: 0

The best and only true history we have. Everyone interested in creative writing should know this book. Votes: 0

Every stage of life is a chapter of a book. You must begin writing your life book. Votes: 0

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it. Votes: 0

I'm writing my next book under a pseudonym. It will be Mark Twain's best young adult romance." Votes: 0

I was writing the Paraguay book, a Paragauyan told me that only five thousand people in Paraguay read. Votes: 0

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it. Votes: 0

I've lost my writing skills since college. I couldn't write a book. It would take a long time. Votes: 0

Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it. Votes: 0

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing Votes: 0

I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one. Votes: 0

I forget a book as soon as I finish writing it, which is not always a good thing. Votes: 0

Writing this book I am like a man playing the piano with lead balls attached to his knuckles. Votes: 0

So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book. Votes: 0

Nobody's going to write a book about me, because nobody's going to find anything worth writing a book about. Votes: 0

I'm writing a book about Siamese Twins that are attached at the nose. It's called: Stop Staring at Me! Votes: 0

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories. Votes: 0

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love. Votes: 0

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. Votes: 0

My way of writing a book is completely disorganized - to hurl myself at the problem, over and over. Votes: 0

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard. Votes: 0

As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that. Votes: 0

It's hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children's book I am mistaken for a parenting expert. Votes: 0

I got done writing Ports of Call and suddenly realized I have far too much material for the book. Votes: 0

Let me say that I absolutely loved writing 'A Common Life,' because it was a book about love. Votes: 0

Outside sleep's open window, between the drops of rain, history is writing a recipe book for every earthly pain. Votes: 0

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf. Votes: 0

A man would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. Votes: 0

I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book. Votes: 0

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me. Votes: 0

Reading Stephen King's book, On Writing, was like being cornered and forced to have a long, drawn out mental enema. Votes: 0

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. Votes: 0

I don't think there's a difference between writing for a newspaper or magazine and doing a chapter in a book. Votes: 0

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly. Votes: 0

When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer. Votes: 0

Writing mirrors the interior self. You know, any book is like the perfect blueprint of the psyche of the author. Votes: 0

O MY WIFE-who made the writing of my previous book a pleasure and writing of the present one a necessity. Votes: 0

If writing and publishing a book is like giving birth to a child, then book marketing is like rearing it. Votes: 0

I just have to proceed as usual. No matter what happens, nothing helps with the writing of the next book. Votes: 0

Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers. Votes: 0

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again. Votes: 0

We all have a book in us. The first step is recognising this. Writing it is a whole new journey. Votes: 0

Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful. Votes: 0

Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. Votes: 0

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Votes: 0

When I first started writing, I wrote a book called 'Bruiser,' and it was pretty much set in Chicago. Votes: 0

Writing this book required an enormous amount of help from friends. To them goes the credit. I'll take the money. Votes: 0

Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane. Votes: 0

Now I am as big of an [ Georgia] O'Keeffe admirer as Ivy [Wilkes] is, but that came through writing the book. Votes: 0

Following takes why. Transactions take what. It has to be real. It has to be the same for writing a book. Votes: 0

I think you could say every pastor is writing this book [ Max on Life]; for many it just never gets published. Votes: 0

The problem with writing a book about bulimia is that whenever you go to the washroom, people think you're throwing up. Votes: 0

When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing. Votes: 0

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them. Votes: 0

I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps. Votes: 0

The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on. Votes: 0

A good book is a good book, and there are a lot of different ways to approach writing or reading one. Votes: 0

If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it. Votes: 0

Writing a book isn't an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life's most satisfying achievements. Votes: 0

Not writing the same kind of book over and over again is to me the real pleasure of what I do. Votes: 0

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head. Votes: 0

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative. Votes: 0

I'm thinking of writing a book on national health care. It will be 2,000 pages, and you'll have two hours to read it. Votes: 0

No man writes a book without meaning something, though he may not have the faculty of writing consequentially and expressing his meaning. Votes: 0

Occasionally I find a travel book that is both illuminating and entertaining, where vivid writing and research replace self-indulgence and sloppy prose. Votes: 0

Every time I finish a book, I forget everything I learned writing it - the information just disappears out of my head Votes: 0

Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built Votes: 0

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories. Votes: 0

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can. Votes: 0

[Jonathan Edwards] he has to be engaged with on this issue if you're writing about Calvinism as I am in this book. Votes: 0

[On book promotion:] The reward for writing well appears to be not to be able to do it for a long time. Votes: 0

Your book grows. The early part of your book is growing still while you are writing the later part of your book. Votes: 0

I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in. Votes: 0

I've started working on a new album, I'm writing a new book... there are a lot of good things on the horizon. Votes: 0

I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing. Votes: 0

You can't know what a book is about until the very end. This is true of a book we're reading or writing. Votes: 0

To me, a book is a book, an electronic device is not, and love of books was the reason I started writing. Votes: 0

The best book of the year, Grobel's writing is quite marvelous. The Hustons reads vividly, just like one of John Huston's great films. Votes: 0

I havent been doin much comic book writing for the last several years though, as Ive been writing television projects and a novel. Votes: 0

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time. Votes: 0

In general, my own experience of writing an adaptation of 'Evening' gave me a chance to get into different parts of the book. Votes: 0

My writing has developed drastically . The Return of the Prodigal Son is the most important thing I've done, and my most mature book. Votes: 0

As to writing another book on geometry [to replace Euclid] the middle ages would have as soon thought of composing another New Testament. Votes: 0

Rules for writing the first line? The last line?First line: Make them want more. Last line: Make them want the next book. Votes: 0

Yeah, man I am going to be writing a book soon. The reality of being in a rock band in the music business'. Votes: 0

But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it. Votes: 0

I sip the Dom P watching Gandhi til I'm charged - writing in my book of rhymes, all the words past the margin Votes: 0

It's such a pain in the ass to write a book, I can't imagine writing one if I'm not interested in the subject. Votes: 0

I have a confession to make. For years, I earned a living - or a sort of living - writing negative book reviews. Votes: 0

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it. Votes: 0

From the beginning. I was a poem-writing child. I wrote little novels in my composition book when I was eight, nine years old. Votes: 0

Writing a book is usually a full-time job that takes years. I didn't have years. So I decided to crowdsource content for the book. Votes: 0

When I first thought about writing the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, I never originally meant to have children in it at all! Votes: 0

When you're done [with writing a book], people tell you "Well, gee, I'm not interested." "Great, I'm glad I sat down and wrote this!" Votes: 0

The Bible is obviously a mixed book. Literary and nonliterary (expository, explanatory) writing exist side by side within the covers of this unique book. Votes: 0

Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book is difficult. Votes: 0

I feel much more comfortable in politics than I did in book writing. Book writing is so hard. Politics felt easy compared to that. Votes: 0

I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter. Votes: 0

It is no fun at all to have been writing a book for seven or so years, especially when you've never published anything before. Votes: 0

I don't know how old I was when I started writing books. But, I was born in 1931, and I wrote my first book in 1961. Votes: 0

If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what's worth saving about it. Votes: 0

Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation. Votes: 0

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death. Votes: 0

In retrospect Hank I don't know why I spent four years writing this book when I could have just made a hit sing-a-ma-jig album. Votes: 0

Really, when I write a book I'm the only one I have to please. That's the beauty of writing a book instead of a screenplay. Votes: 0

I have always been quite careful when I have been approached to do a television project to have the option of writing the accompanying book. Votes: 0

When I'm writing, I am lost in my book. Except family and close friends, I don't care about what critics, publishers or readers might think. Votes: 0

I have long discovered that geologists never read each other's works, and that the only object in writing a book is a proof of earnestness. Votes: 0

The novel I am constantly writing is always the same one, and it might be described as a variously sliced-up or torn-apart book of myself. Votes: 0

A book calls for pen, ink, and a writing desk; today the rule is that pen, ink, and a writing desk call for a book. Votes: 0

I never enjoyed writing a book more; indeed, it is the only one I remember in no sense as a labor but as a joy. Votes: 0

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories. Votes: 0

I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen quickly. Votes: 0

Writing a book is like sliding down a rainbow! Marketing it is like trudging through a field of chewed bubblegum on a hot, sticky day. Votes: 0

Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book, and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so. Votes: 0

I don't think I've ever read an old book through from start to finish. Not after more than six months after writing it, that is. Votes: 0

In today's world, it never looks good when you're suing somebody who earned $20,000 for writing a book over a period of a year or two. Votes: 0

Preaching and writing - it's the same. Whether I'm writing to speak or writing to be read in a book, it's the same thing. Y Votes: 0

If you haven't cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book, then you have to ask yourself if your're writing fiction. Votes: 0

The reason I haven't been writing in this book for so long is partly that I haven't had one decent coherent thought to put down. Votes: 0

Writing a book is the most difficult, anxiety-prone aspect of my life because the words that I put on paper are very serious to me. Votes: 0

When I feel difficulty coming on, I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem, my unconscious has solved it. Votes: 0

My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history. Votes: 0

Don't let anyone discourage you from writing. If you become a professional writer, there are plenty of editors, reviewers, critics, and book buyers to do that. Votes: 0

I wrote 'Sophie's World' in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when I'm working on a book. Votes: 0

I'm publicizing the book that's done. I'm writing the book that's in the hopper, and I'm doing a little advance research on the book to come. Votes: 0

I think the trick of writing a good picture book manuscript is to leave that space for illustration. An illustrated novel can do the same thing. Votes: 0

The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube. Votes: 0

Fiction writing, and the reading of it, and book buying, have always been the activities of a tiny minority of people, even in the most-literate societies. Votes: 0

When I'm writing a book, sentence by sentence, I'm not thinking theoretically. I'm just trying to work out the story from inside the characters I've got. Votes: 0

The two things I enjoy the most about writing are the first page of a book and the last. What's in between is very hard work. Votes: 0

I'm not in the speech making business. I'm not in the seminar business. I'm not in the writing book business. I'm in the changing lives business. Votes: 0

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week. Votes: 0

I love writing books - I really do. If I could just quit everything and work on a book every day, I would love that most. Votes: 0

I wrote Sophies World in three months, but I was only writing and sleeping. I work for 14 hours a day when Im working on a book. Votes: 0

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors. Votes: 0

I have been writing songs and poems since I was a little girl. I started writing short scripts, which evolved into the idea for a book. Votes: 0

For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups: I'm writing poems. Votes: 0

The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always an easy book to write. Votes: 0

I first had the idea of writing a popular book about the universe in 1982. My intention was partly to earn money to pay my daughter's school fees. Votes: 0

Writing is alone, but I don't think it's lonely. Ask any writer if they feel lonely when they're writing their book, and I think they'll say no. Votes: 0

So many (too many) books are published every year, and it seems everyone is writing a book. Perhaps we should all be reading more and writing less! Votes: 0

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 a book out. Votes: 0

It's so tedious writing cookbooks or writing the recipes because I've never been much of a measurer. But to write a book, you have to measure everything. Votes: 0

When it's in a book I don't think it'll hurt any more ...exist any more. One of the things writing does is wipe things out. Replace them. Votes: 0

Do you know what writing a book is? It's sitting alone in a room for weeks without making contact with another human. I felt like Howard Hughes. Votes: 0

I dream of writing a book like LOVERS some day. It is so spare but so rich. It is history made intimate, and a masterpiece of compression. Votes: 0

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book. Votes: 0

My favourite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk. Votes: 0

My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk. Votes: 0

When you're writing a book, you don't want it to be overly trendy because you want people to enjoy it for years and refer back to it. Votes: 0

I could never have pictured myself writing a book when I was 25 years old. My mom was an English teacher but I wasn't that way growing up. Votes: 0

I just got a fortune cookie that says "Turn off your computer and read a book" which is odd because I'm WRITING a book...on my computer! Votes: 0

Everybody's idea of a great book is different, of course. For me it's one that makes my jaw drop on every page, the writing is so original. Votes: 0

I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start writing it! Votes: 0

I really enjoy going to a library and spending the day doing research - to me that is the most pleasurable part of writing the science book. Votes: 0

I feel like writing a book there's always a version in your head that's an amazing version, but then you write the version that you can write. Votes: 0

My favorite book is 'Redeeming Love.' It was my first as a born-again Christian, my statement of faith, and the most exciting year I've spent writing anything. Votes: 0

Truths are dangerous," he said."Then why are you writing them in a book?""To catch them between the pages," said Teddy, "and trap them before they disappear. Votes: 0

A book of mine is always a matter of fate. There is something unpredictable about the process of writing, and I cannot prescribe for myself any predetermined course. Votes: 0

To create a market for your writing you have to be consistent, professional, a continuing writer - not just a one-article or a one-story or a one-book man. Votes: 0

I mean, the wonderful thing about writing a book is that you're getting a finished product at the end of the day. You're communicating directly with the reader. Votes: 0

I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image of his own soul. Votes: 0

If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader as he or she reads it. Votes: 0

The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write, the better I do. Votes: 0

I have a huge music library and deliberately choose the piece of music to match the piece I'm writing. So, every book I write has its own "soundtrack." Votes: 0

Writing a book is the most terrifying thing that I've ever done. It's so much harder than writing for television because it is a completely different skill set. Votes: 0

Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the book I'm writing at the moment. Votes: 0

I sat down to take a break from writing a book and wrote a spec feature that would end up being the movie 'Lies & Alibis' with Steve Coogan. Votes: 0

Writing is acting in the sense that you're imagining and inhabiting another. In the book I was trying to get at the root of what true acting is. Votes: 0

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick. Votes: 0

Linda Svendsen's 'Marine Life' was important. I was nearly 22. Larry Mathews discussed the book in a creative writing class. We examined her stories, figured out how they worked. Votes: 0

Writing a book has about it some of the anxiety of telling a joke and having to wait several years to know whether or not it was funny. Votes: 0

I need to have some depth in my characters. That's why they are all Bengalis. I can't imagine writing a book with someone called Saxena as the hero. Votes: 0

There are all these things I want to do when I don't have to finish a book. But I have to keep writing because I keep having children. Votes: 0

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer. Votes: 0

When I am writing, I focus one hundred percent on my writing. Then, by the time I'm half way through the book, I'm already thinking about the ending. Votes: 0

While writing, writers are living inside a character or characters, and when the book ekes into the world, writers are living inside the reader. That's more than connecting. Votes: 0

I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday and pretend to have some sanity. Votes: 0

In terms of writing, I think what most fiction writers treasure more than anything is the feeling that they're living for the length of a book inside another person. Votes: 0

While writing, I tend to repeat the same song, endlessly, for thousands of times. This helps me ignore any lyrics, and helps create a consistent mood for each book. Votes: 0

Reading, like writing, is a creative act. If readers only bring a narrow range of themselves to the book, then they'll only see their narrow range reflected in it. Votes: 0

I've always believed in writing without a collaborator, because where two people are writing the same book, each believes he gets all the worry and only half the royalties. Votes: 0

I don't really do themes. I might accidentally, but themes are an emergent phenomena of the writing of the book, of just trying to get a story out there. Votes: 0

Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things. Votes: 0

I personally love books that make me think, so I naturally gravitate toward writing a book like that, one that's going to make someone think and make me think. Votes: 0

Every book is like starting over again. I've written books every way possible - from using tight outlines to writing from the seat of my pants. Both ways work. Votes: 0

That freedom of writing you don't get in other formats, I'd rather leave it to someone else to deal with the headache of drafting my book into a screenplay. Votes: 0

When I was writing 'You Suck,' in 2006, I constructed the diction of the book's narrator, perky Goth girl Abby Normal, from what I read on Goth blog sites. Votes: 0

I'm never, I hope, stupid enough to believe that Twitter or blogging or any of this stuff is a substitute for actually doing the work or writing a book. Votes: 0

It would have been very easy to drift into writing a non-fiction book so by taking it away from Nottingham I forced myself to imagine much more of it. Votes: 0

When I'm writing a book, I draw from my immediate experience, and my books are therefore almost a snapshot of where I am at that moment in my life. Votes: 0

When I'm blogging, I think book writing is easier and vice versa. Writing is lonely work, and the good thing about blogging is that you have immediate feedback from commenters. Votes: 0

When a writer has done the best that he can do, he should then withdraw from the book-writing business and take up an honest trade like shoe repair, cattle stealing, or screwworm management. Votes: 0