Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

I was reading a lot of books I admired, and thought that I would like to write something like that someday.

Naguib Mahfouz

I think everyone should sit down and write a book. It's a lot like therapy but a lot less expensive.

Norma McCorvey

A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.

Nicholaa Spencer

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

Patti Smith

Whoever you are, you will not write this book. I can tell you nothing. Do not call me again. Ever.

Roberto Calvi

To write a book about improvisation is partly a contradiction in terms. Improvisation is spontaneous. It's in the moment.

Sally Schneider

I was well traveled, and I created this illusion of literacy through reading and writing. I wrote a book of short stories.

Tom T. Hall

It's one thing you aspire to: someday, you'll be able to write a book.

Thomas Keller

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.

Toni Morrison

Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.

Kevis Hendrickson

Don't write the book you think publishers want to commission. Plenty of other writers will be doing the same thing.

Louise Brown

At school I was always trying to con my teachers into letting me act out book reports instead of writing them.

Laura Linney

I don't need to write a memoir of my life. All you need to do is read one of my books. I'm there.

Lori Lesko

Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.

Leon Uris

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

Mary Garden

I don't read books on how to write screenplays just because I'm stubborn. So it's all sort of made up.

Shane Carruth

I actually enjoy writing longer books because you have even more to get your storytelling teeth into.

Stephen Cole

The difference between a novelist and someone who tinkers around with writing is this: novelists finish their books.

Nancy Etchemendy

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

Neil Jordan

It takes me three or four years to research and write each book and the individual stories stay with you for a long time afterwards.

Antony Beevor

People had this image of the Jacksons as the perfect American family and I destroyed that image. But what people have to understand is writing that book was very healing for me.

LaToya Jackson