Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

Early on my career, I figured out that I just have to write the book I have to write at that moment. Whatever else is going on in the culture is just not that important. If you could get the culture to write your book, that would be great. But the cu...

Colson Whitehead

Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that aren't books yet. They agonize over how to write and what to write and what not to write.

Deb Caletti

Write, write, write! Get your you-know-what in the chair and write more books: write the books of your heart and don’t let stress steal your joy.

Beautiful Demons

To write a good book, you must read one book for each page of the book you are about to write.

LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS

So it is that a writer writes many books. In each book, he intended several urgent and vivid points, many of which he sacrificed as the book's form hardened.

The Writing Life

I think the most important lesson isn't necessarily to try and write a different book every time, or to try and brand yourself and write one specific kind of book, but to write the kind of books you love to read.

Chris Bohjalian

You have made some notes, read some writing books, and done some research. Mostly what you've done is talk about writing a book. An idea for a book is not a book; it is a waste of time. There is no singular thing that makes someone a writer, but ther...

78 Reasons Why Your Book May Never Be Published and 14 Reasons Why It Just Might

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.

Chris Matthews

I tried writing this book about a singer in a wedding band, but realized I only wanted to write the book so I could have an excuse to sing with a wedding band as research. That's not a good enough reason to write a book.

Megan McCafferty

...writing is not a performance but a generosity.

If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

You must feel it from within. You must want to write the book. You must desire to write the book

The Book Within You: The Aspiring Author's Guide to Bringing the Book Within You, Out

Whenever people ask me, "How are your books doing?" or, "How is your book doing?" I just say, "It's okay." I mean, what am I supposed to say? I'm a writer; that means I write because I need to write, because that's how I breathe and that's how I blee...

C. JoyBell C.

There is the myth that writing books for children is easier than writing books for grownups, whereas we know that truly great books for children are works of genius, whether it's 'Alice in Wonderland' or the 'Gruffalo' or 'Northern Lights.' When it's...

Michael Morpurgo

The trouble with calling a book a novel, well, it's not like I'm writing the same book all the time, but there is a continuity of my interests, so when I start writing a book, if I call it 'a novel,' it separates it from other books.

Aleksandar Hemon

Writing is hard, but I don’t want to kill myself trying to write. Not unless I’m writing a suicide note.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

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.

Elmore Leonard

If one can, anyone can. If two can, you can, too!

Yes! You Can Learn How to Write Children's Books, Get Them Published, and Build a Successful Writing Career

When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.

Thomas Perry

Hooray! I finally finished making a new book cover. Now I just need to write the book. The cover is the image of a man hanging, so perhaps I’ll write a romance novel.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Screenplays I didn't really care about, journalism, travel books, getting my writer friends to write about their dreams or something. I just determined to write the books I had to write.

Kazuo Ishiguro

In order to write the book you want to write, in the end you have to become the person you need to become to write that book.

Junot Diaz