Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approx...

Terry Pratchett

In the middle section of the book Mirabelle breaks into not one, but two houses near Belgravia Books. I had fun scoping these out - checking which windows looked least secure and figuring out how to scale the mews houses to the rear to get her inside...

Sara Sheridan

I’m feeling a low regarding writing. I sometimes think I should finish working on my book of stripper poetry that I started, but other times I feel like it’s not worth it. Sometimes I think I should work on my comic book idea, and then other time...

Stripping Down: A Memoir

One of the few things I know about writing is this:spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to sa...

The Writing Life

A word can change a mind, a sentence can change a life and a book can change the world.

The Writing on the Wall

Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.

Tama Janowitz

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.

Kevin Brockmeier

Every time I write a nonfiction book I get sued.

Joseph Wambaugh

I don't think I would do better books if I wrote full time. I write for amateurish reasons.

Upamanyu Chatterjee

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!

Hugh Grant

I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer.

Alanis Morissette

The would-be students wish to transcend books. But, ask yourselves: if someone says that books do not contain wisdom, and yet he writes books; books do not contain Sufism, and yet he continues to publish books on Sufism, what is really happening? It ...

Neglected Aspects of Sufi Study

When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When you’re done, you have to step back and look at the forest.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Never fails. Every new book I write seems impossible, writes like I'm typing from dictation, edits like I didn't write it, and finishes like I couldn't possibly have written it.

Kris Rafferty

I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky.

Gene Wilder

I started writing while I was a little boy. Maybe it's because I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday. Also, my love for good writing pushed me.

Naguib Mahfouz

Aim to write for an hour per day. I used to be a teacher, and an hour a day before school was all it took for me to write my first book. Don't get discouraged if a holiday or illness interrupts your writing habit. Just start it up again.

Caroline Lawrence

The ink in the pen that writes success stories is "FOCUS"...

The Great Hand Book of Quotes

A pen is like a switchblade you can actually write with—and pull off a successful mugging with.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book.

Richelle E. Goodrich

A lot of people have said to me, 'That's a great idea, running for president. You'll get booked for more speeches. You can write a book.'

John Bolton