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Book Writing Quotes (page 15)

No matter how many times people say it - 'Oh, I'm just writing this for myself' 'Oh, I'm just doing this for myself' - nobody's doing it for themselves! You're doing it for an audience. So whether I'm performing or writing a book or playing music, it's definitely to be put out there and to be received in some way, definitely. Steve Martin
Thomas Perry quote: "When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can."
When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can. Thomas Perry
Thomas Wolfe quote: "The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the..."
The reason a writer writes a book is to forget a book and the reason a reader reads one is to remember it. Thomas Wolfe
Here's a secret. Many novelists, if they are pressed and if they are being honest, will admit that the finished book is a rather rough translation of the book they'd intended to write. Michael Cunningham
Harvey Pekar quote: "My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a..."
My work looks like a comic book in form, but it's not a typical comic book in content. I write autobiographical stuff. Harvey Pekar
Terry Tempest Williams quote: "The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill..."
The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you. Terry Tempest Williams
Ann Patchett quote: "I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book..."
I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it. Ann Patchett
I feel like the books were just written like a movie. You read it and you can just kind of see everything. Before I went in to read with the director, I read the first book and I loved it. I didn't realize how good the writing was. And then I went in and read with Gary Ross, and that was it. Liam Hemsworth
I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown. Anne Tyler
At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet. Rose Tremain
It's a discovery of a story when I write a book, a case of inching ahead on each page and discovering what's beyond in the darkness, beyond where you're writing. Michael Ondaatje
It helps when 1 can send the children off to their fathers so I can support my new book with a national publicity tour. I started writing the book when my daughter was 5. It took me almost four years. Meg Tilly
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
Many aspects of the writing life have changed since I published my first book, in the 1960s. It is more corporate, more driven by profits and marketing, and generally less congenial - but my day is the same: get out of bed, procrastinate, sit down at my desk, try to write something. Paul Theroux
I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made me feel really sick. Ahmet Zappa

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