I want to write a book so long that it will take the average person their whole life to read. It will be exactly the same length as the Bible.
She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.
You don't know what love is until someone lives with you while you write a book.
Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.
We all have a book in us. The first step is recognising this. Writing it is a whole new journey.
As I approached my 95th birthday, I was burdened to write a book that addressed the epidemic of 'easy believism.' There is a mindset today that if people believe in God and do good works, they are going to Heaven.
You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that combines some of the best traits of contemporary fantasy with some of the traits of the historical novel.
Radical Muslims fly planes into buildings. Radical Christians kill abortion doctors. Radical Atheists write books.
I don't think I've ever read an old book through from start to finish. Not after more than six months after writing it, that is.
Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development.
The difference between writing a book and being on television is the difference between conceiving a child and having a baby made in a test tube.
But when I was a little kid, I was always writing stories and illustrating little books that I would create.
I don't want to write a book; I don't want to go on T.V., because I stink at it. The only thing I have always been comfortable with is being in magazines.
I suppose most crime writing is urban. There's not a lot... certainly not in Australia, people don't often set books in the countryside.
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
I tend to write things and don't go the next step and try to get it published. I don't want to do book signings and stuff.
Fans always say they laughed and they cried while reading my books. And I tell them that I laughed and cried while writing them.
I had to actually purchase a book to learn the API and write the client. It was pretty frustrating trying to learn the API and develop a product quickly.
I will write one book that will change entire humankind if only you have enough guts to read my previous ones.
I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
