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Writing A Book Quotes

Paulo Coelho quote: "Writing books is a socially acceptable form of getting naked..."
Writing books is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public. Paulo Coelho
Emile M. Cioran quote: "Write books only if you are going to say in them the things..."
Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone. Emile M. Cioran
Norman Mailer quote: "Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing."
Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Norman Mailer
Writing books is fun because after I do a show for a couple hours, I'm in a bus for 22 hours. It's not hard for me to look out the window and tell a joke here and there. Willie Nelson
Just handling this ocean of different books—new and used, in and out of print, famous and forgotten—it was literature as this giant mosaic of texts and experiments and attitudes. I think it’s just very liberating to break out of a great man’s theory of history. I guess I’ve always liked working from that sense of—what would you call it?—license that the margins permit. I always just visualize myself writing books that were meant one day to be dusty, forgotten volumes being encountered by... Jonathan Lethem
I think the reason working-class people don't write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books. Len Deighton
Many poets write books. They'll tell you: Well, I've got my next book, but there are two poems I need to write, one about x, one about y. This is a wonder to me. Sharon Olds
I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers. Jackie Collins
No one will write books once they reach heaven, but there is an excellent library, containing all the books written up to date, including all the lost books and the ones that the authors burned when they came back from the last publisher. Evelyn Waugh
As long as a man had the courage to reject what society told him to do, he could live life on his own terms. To what end? To be free. But free to what end? To read books, to write books, to think. Paul Auster
Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like. Walter Benjamin
Edward Abbey quote: "But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing..."
But hell, I do like to write letters. Much easier than writing books. Edward Abbey
I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them. *1937 Samuel Beckett
I'm clearly most well known for my music. Eventually, ultimately, I'll be writing books. I'm still writing articles now. I just consider myself a writer. Alanis Morissette
Terry Prachett quote: "I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books..."
I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them. Terry Prachett

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