Quotes about Writing a Book

I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done. Votes: 8

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. Votes: 6

She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it. Votes: 6

I am writing a book about the Crusades so dull that I can scarcely write it. Votes: 6

Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life. Votes: 6

As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that. Votes: 6

I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love. Votes: 6

I think writing a book with film in mind is a way to write a really bad books. You can usually tell those books that are packaged to become films. Votes: 6

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do. Votes: 6

Siobhan said that when you are writing a book you have to include some descriptions of things. I said that I could take photographs and put them in the book. But she said the idea of a book was to describe things using words so that people could read them and make a picture in their own head. Votes: 6

Writing a book is an adventure. Votes: 4

Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult. Votes: 4

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Votes: 4

I would never want to hurt anyone by writing a book. Votes: 4

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book. Votes: 4

I'm writing a book and working on my one-woman show, Learning To Be Human. Votes: 4

It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing. Votes: 4

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. Votes: 4

Writing books is certainly a most unpleasant occupation. It is lonesome, unsanitary, and maddening. Many authors go crazy. Votes: 4

Nobody's going to write a book about me, because nobody's going to find anything worth writing a book about. Votes: 4

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: 4

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: 4

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: 4

I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves. Votes: 4

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. Votes: 4

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public. Votes: 4

Like all former thinkers, I'm writing a book. Votes: 3

Every writer dreams of writing a book that will touch people. Votes: 3

The most important thing about writing a book is having book parties. Votes: 3

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story. Votes: 3

I am writing a book and that takes third place of importance. Votes: 3

The first audience that you have when writing a book is you. Votes: 3

I'm supposed to be writing a book, and I can hardly read. Votes: 3

I am writing a book. So far I have the pages numbered. Votes: 3

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book. Votes: 3

Whenever I'm writing a book, small details from my life always creep in. Votes: 3

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. Votes: 3

I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book. Votes: 3

I worked at magazines for over 10 years before I even thought of writing a book. Votes: 3

Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. Votes: 3

Don't ever trust anyone who's writing a book. They make up lies for a living. Votes: 3

The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. Votes: 3

We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines? Votes: 3

I once considered writing a book called I'm not OK and you're not OK, and that's OK. Votes: 3

I get intrigued by a puzzle, and writing a book is the best way to solve it. Votes: 3

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. Votes: 3

A man would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. Votes: 3

My way of writing a book is completely disorganized - to hurl myself at the problem, over and over. Votes: 3

I'm writing a book about Siamese Twins that are attached at the nose. It's called: Stop Staring at Me! Votes: 3

When one starts writing a book, especially a novel, even the humblest person in the world hopes to become Homer. Votes: 3

The process of writing a book is like the process of preparing a dinner. Serving dishes, choosing ingredients and so on. Votes: 3

The problem with writing a book about bulimia is that whenever you go to the washroom, people think you're throwing up. Votes: 3

Following takes why. Transactions take what. It has to be real. It has to be the same for writing a book. Votes: 3

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: 3

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative. Votes: 3

But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it. Votes: 3

Yeah, man I am going to be writing a book soon. The reality of being in a rock band in the music business'. Votes: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

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: 3

Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process. Votes: 3

When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside. Votes: 3

I cling to the fantasy that I could have done something more creative. Like actually writing a script, or writing a book. But the awful truth is that I... probably can't! Votes: 3

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher informed me I'd written a children's book. Votes: 3

I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone. Votes: 3

I was writing a book about sustainable energy, and a friend asked me, 'Well, how much energy do you use at home?' And I was embarrassed. I didn't actually know. Votes: 3

I've published one book before, and now I'm writing a book of essays and stories about life in Tokyo. And I have one book coming out in May in Germany, about fitness. Votes: 3

Playing a flute is like writing a book. You're telling what's in your heart...It's easier to play if it's right from your heart. You get the tone, and the fingers will follow. Votes: 3

The thing that I'm most passionate about, I'm writing a book called 'Jab Jab Jab Jab Jab Right Hook,' and it really focuses on how to story-tell in a noisy, ADD world. Votes: 3

The whole purpose of writing a book is to be understood - if other people write about you, they try to guess why you did things, or they hear things from other people. Votes: 3

I loved writing a book in which, in some ways, it's very, very classical, and in some ways I'm breaking lots of rules about what you can do and what you can't do. Votes: 3

At least for me, writing a book is continual exposure to blind spots. There were things I wanted to be true and wanted to believe, but it always got more complicated in the fiction. Votes: 3

When you're writing a book, you don't really think about it critically. You don't want to know too well what you're doing. First, you write the book, then you find the justification for it. Votes: 3

Sugar Ray and talked about doing some articles together or writing a book together but dealing with Sugar Ray was a lot like fighting him. He would fake you in and then he'd drop you. Votes: 3

After the war, when my husband came home, we had two more children, and domesticity for a while prevailed combined with beginning the work I had always wanted to do, which was writing a book. Votes: 3

I have always been a writer of letters, and of long ones; so, when I first thought of writing a book in the form of letters, I knew that I could do it quickly and easily. Votes: 3

To be honest, I chose romance because writing a book seemed so dauntingly long. I looked around for something short, discovered Harlequin romances, and decided to read a few to see if I could do it. Votes: 3

I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself as a bit like a jewel-maker who can sit back and admire his work. Votes: 3

I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book, I haven't got time to read a whole book for a fifty dollar write-up. Votes: 3

I'm opening a store at the end of the month in the New York meatpacking district. I'm launching a line of bedding this summer, and I am writing a book that will be out next January. Votes: 3

The Butcher Boy is a very great novel indeed and a very important Irish novel. The ambiguity of that is, he's writing a book about an appalling situation and he does it in a hilarious way. Votes: 3

There is a huge difference between writing a book, which is a private activity I engage in with myself, and wanting to engage in overly intimate personal conversations with strangers, which I pretty much never want to do. Votes: 3

Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it. Votes: 3

I always say that, for me, writing a book is like a wacky Greyhound bus trip - I know where I'm starting and where I'll end up, but I have no idea what will happen along the way. Votes: 3

When I wrote 'Silver Linings,' I thought I was writing a book about the Philadelphia Eagles and male bonding, but when the book came out, it was surprising to me that the mental health community embraced it. Votes: 3

Your life isn't about doing one perfect 'thing' and then falling down dead. It's more like going to church or writing a book. You do it over and over, always trying to be a little bit better. Then you die. Votes: 3

I don't think there's much point in bemoaning the state of the world unless there's some way you can think of to improve it. Otherwise, don't bother writing a book; go and find a tropical island and lie in the sun. Votes: 3

I think the thing I had to be careful about while writing a book was not to say anything that was revealing about other people that they would be uncomfortable with. I didn't want to make people angry - that's a real risk. Votes: 3

Fame, money and the size of the market are not very important to me. What is, is writing a book that is worth doing and then publishing it. I don't write books for entertainment, for people to pass the time then throw away. Votes: 3

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: 3

Oliver North says he is very upset that John Walker could come back to this country and cash in on his celebrity status. He hates to see someone who did something wrong get rewarded by writing a book or getting a TV show out of it. Votes: 3

There's a point at which writing a book, or a long article, begins to feel like mental labor, and it's too painful to connect in the world in any real way mid-process. The only way to survive is to write until it is all said and done. Votes: 3

We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy. Votes: 3

I always have strong feelings when I'm writing a book. Sometimes when I'm writing a book, I even cry when I'm writing. Once I read a quotation that I thought was very true for me, which is: "No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader." Votes: 3

I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience. Votes: 3

One book at a time... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive. Votes: 3

I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. I actually tend to suspect that in real life, there have always been very strong female characters, but at certain stages of society, they've been asked to cool it. Votes: 3

Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we're not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out there - you just can't do it anymore. Votes: 3

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged. Votes: 3

I am writing a book called 'The History of Australia in Hundred Objects.' It's of things we have invented in Australia. And you know, some of them are amazing. We invented the clapper boards used in films. We invented those cranes - those big long cranes used on construction sites. Votes: 3

The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of a stunt pilot's turning barrel rolls, or an inchworm's blind rearing from a stem in search of a route. At its worst, it feels like alligator wrestling, at the level of the sentence. Votes: 3

At the time I was writing 'Weedflower,' my friend Naomi Hirahara was writing a book about Japanese-American flower farmers. She knew quite a few elderly farmers and put me in touch with four or five of them who had been in camps during WWII. Some, like my father, were reluctant to talk about their experiences. Votes: 3

I fear dying in the middle of a book. It would be so annoying to write 80,000 words and not get to the end. I'm phobic about it. So when I'm writing a book I leave messages all over the house for people to know how the story ends, and then someone can finish it for me. Votes: 3

I had the analysis of a million or so SNPs [single nucleotide polymorphisms] just to see what was there. That's partly because I was writing a book about DNA and personalized medicine and I thought it would be a little bit disingenuous to talk about what could be done without actually having the experiment done on yourself. Votes: 3

Anybody who likes writing a book is an idiot. Because it's impossible; it's like having a homework assignment every stinking day until it's done. And by the time you get it in, it's done and you're sitting there reading it, and you realize the 12,000 things you didn't do. I mean, writing isn't fun. It's never been fun. Votes: 3

The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop. Votes: 3

Whenever you're writing a book or creating a movie or a game, your first task is to get the reader/audience/player to suspend disbelief, to buy into the logic and boundaries of your world, even though those boundaries might include things like dragons and magic. To do that, you need long threads - of history and culture. Votes: 3

When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book. Votes: 3

We never like to miss an opportunity to make Jesus the Lord of our life. That's why I never like to have a service without giving an invitation or writing a book, without giving an invitation and presenting that truth. I believe this is the whole key to living your best life, living a fulfilled life or becoming a better you. Votes: 3

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely. Votes: 3

I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so I spent my time by writing about my life on the premise that I might be able to pitch those as short essays to magazines. It wasn't until later that I realized that I was writing a book. Votes: 3

Almost always when I told someone I was writing a book about "eating animals", they assumed, even without knowing anything about my views, that it was a case for vegetarianism. It's a telling assumption, one that implies not only that a thorough inquiry into animal agriculture would lead one away from eating meat, but that most people already know that to be the case. Votes: 3

In the books I have written, I have created in my mind a universe. My kids say I have a village in my head and I live in that village, and it's true. When I start writing a book, characters from previous books reappear. All my emotions, my mind, my heart, my dreams, everything becomes connected with a new book, and nothing else really matters. Votes: 3

I had dinner with Marlene Dietrich in the early 1970s. I went to pick her up and she had someone with her, a dreadful man. He was writing a book about her, and he said to her, 'You're so cold when you perform,' and she said, 'You didn't listen to the voice.' She said the difficulty was to place the voice with the face. Votes: 3

When I first decided I was going to have a go at writing a book - and really, it was a mid-life crisis - I was 39. I was in business with my husband; we had a very busy lifestyle and quite a hectic schedule running this flourishing business in travel, and I found myself waking up and realising that I didn't want to do this anymore. Votes: 3

On the day my daughter was born, I started writing a book for her. The plan was that, over the course of her life, I'd fill it with advice on how to be a strong woman. But along the way, I got caught up in the stories of Amelia Earhart, Sally Ride, and so many others. So how do you pick the best heroes for your kids? Votes: 3

Writing a book is not a crime. Votes: 2

I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book. Votes: 2

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing. Votes: 2

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. Votes: 2

What I am best at is reading a book and then writing a critical essay. Votes: 2

I got a book deal without even turning in one shred of a writing sample. Votes: 2

Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development. Votes: 2

Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers. Votes: 2

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: 2

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently. Votes: 2

There's something special about writing by hand, writing with a fountain pen, and there's something special about writing into a book, to take a blank book and turn it into an actual book. Votes: 2

I usually have about four books on the go - a bedside book, a lavatory book, a downstairs book, and the book in my study that I read sneakily while I should be writing. Short stories for the lavatory, obviously. Votes: 2

I really absolutely loved writing my first 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. Votes: 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane. 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 you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

Now I am as big of an [ Georgia] O'Keeffe admirer as Ivy [Wilkes] is, but that came through writing the book. 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 think you could say every pastor is writing this book [ Max on Life]; for many it just never gets published. 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

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

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

[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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

The best visual book I can think of is Lynda Barry's What It Is, but although I refer to it all the time it's not a creative writing book per se. Votes: 0