Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

There are books full of great writing that don't have very good stories. Read sometimes for the story... don't be like the book-snobs who won't do that. Read sometimes for the words--the language. Don't be like the play-it-safers who won't do that. B...

Stephen King

The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny; whose attitude is: "Tell me more. Tell me all you can. I want to understand more about everything you feel and know...

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

This book has nothing to do with cats. Or mice. Or self-motivation. This book is 100% 50% finished. But don’t worry, I finished the good half. But don’t be mistaken—the good half isn’t good at all. In fact, it’s remarkably terrible. It’s ...

Who Moved My Choose?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change by Deciding to Let Indecision Into Your Life

All my writing is translated from Gibberish directly into Nonsense. So if my writing offends you, then don’t blame me—blame the translator.

At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

Don't always be appraising yourself, wondering if you are better or worse than other writers. "I will not Reason and Compare," said Blake; "my business is to Create." Besides, since you are like no other being ever created since the beginning of Time...

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

Like seeing a photograph of yourself as a child, encountering handwriting that you know was once yours but that now seems only dimly familiar can inspire a confrontation with the mystery of time.

Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them

The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely one can only write the book that is there to be written. ( , 8 September 1935)

The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers. Vol. 1, 1899-1936: The Making of a Detective Novelist

Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating, but no one else in the world has what you have—your voice, your eyes, your feeling and perspective. Other people have written gr...

Rachel Hartman

People who make snide comments to authors like "anyone can write a book" or "well, you did it, so obviously I can/it can't be that hard" or poke at a book because it's "romance" or "genre fiction" and act like that somehow makes it substandard becaus...

Michelle M. Pillow

What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very plac...

Harlan Coben

Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful, and that is why you must write with Christ at the center of your reason for writing. That does not mean that every book must be a retelling ...

Life

Write a complaint letter. Then answer it.

The Bounce Back Book: How to Thrive in the Face of Adversity, Setbacks, and Losses

President Clinton signed a $10 million deal to write a book by 2003. Isn't that amazing? Yes, and get this, not only that, President Bush signed a $10 million deal to read a book by 2003.

Conan O'Brien

It is easier to write a book with footnotes than the same book written so that children can understand it.

Life Is Worth Living

If my clone writes my biography, is it really an autobiography?

This is the best book I've ever written, and it still sucks

I want to write a song called “Two Straws and a Spoon,” about one man being cuckolded by a milkshake.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I want to write a song based on my own childbirth. Of course, this is all a bit premature.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

My advice is to write during commercial breaks, and read while your favorite TV show is on mute.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Never chew off the hand you write with, you might survive and have to sign autographs.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I could write from anywhere, including the moon, provided I had a pencil and not a pen.

This Book Has No Title

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

Nicholas Sparks