Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

William Landay

I put my soul into every book I write.

Wilbur Smith

I don't understand why, in my work, writing is always so dangerous. It's very destructive. People who write books are destroyers.

A. S. Byatt

[W]hat is one to say of the writer who lies when he writes that he is lying?

The Book of Flights

She said that in writing anything, you must be perfectly honest.

The Book of Michael

I want my writing to be as smooth as drinking a glass of water—pool water, with piss in it.

This Book Has No Title

I’m ambidextrous. I can write just as poorly with either hand.

This Book Has No Title

Why not write a book which is as sophisticated as a book for an adult, but is about the concerns that teenagers actually have?

Matthew Tobin Anderson

I just write the sort of book that I would enjoy reading myself, a book that is both scholarly and recreates the experience of people at that time.

Antony Beevor

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

Madeleine L'Engle

When I became obsessed with Winston Churchill, I wrote a book about Churchill. What a joy it was to write that book!

Gretchen Rubin

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.

John Searles

The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it.

Tom Wolfe

When people asked me what I was going to do when I grow up, I always said, 'I'm going to be a writer. I'm going to write screenplays. I'm going to write books. I'm going to write plays. That's what I'm going to do.'

Mara Wilson

I write four books a year. I'm very fortunate that I write quickly; around 3,500 words a day. Being strict about delineating my writing time and personal life, as well as keeping distractions at bay, is the only way I can accomplish this.

Alexander McCall Smith

In the book, I write about children in first grade who were taught to read by reading want ads. They learned to write by writing job applications. Imagine what would happen if anyone tried to do that to children in a predominantly white suburban scho...

Jonathan Kozol

Anybody can write a book. But writing it well and making it sell - that's the hard part.

The Rise Of Majick

So, whenever I'm writing, I'm writing in the presence of all the other books I've read and I think we all are.

Justin Cronin

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

Rachel Dratch

Part of my soul goes into each quote I write. A book of my quotes can be yours for just $19.99.

Ryan Lilly

Books most certainly don't write themselves, but life does. When in doubt about what to write, use your own life.

Solomon Woytowich