Writing A Book Quotes (page 17)

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• book
• writing
• science

I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books. Anthony Doerr

• book
• light
• writing

Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness. Kate DiCamillo

• book
• writing
• evening

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer. Len Deighton

• writing
• light
• book

When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type. Jeffery Deaver

• new
• book
• character

If you're writing a book that takes place in New York in the moment, you can't not write about 9-11; you can't not integrate it. My main character's view is the Statue of Liberty and the Trade Center. It doesn't have to take over, but it has to be acknowledged. Richard Price

• book
• reading
• study

I had neither expert aid nor advice. I studied no courses in writing; until a year or so ago, I never read a book by anybody advising writers how to write. Robert E. Howard

• respect
• writing
• best

I think my books talk about kids learning to like and respect themselves and each other. You can't write a message book; you just tell the best story you know how to tell. Paula Danziger

• time
• writing
• book

I write about all the horrible things that can happen to kids as a way of keeping those things from happening to mine. Write the books, spit three times over your shoulder and you're safe. Jodi Picoult

• writing
• time
• people

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

• best
• book
• writing

When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can. Thomas Perry

• book
• reading
• writing

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

• book
• writing
• rough

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

• look
• book
• work

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

• book
• writing
• killing

The only book worth writing is the book that threatens to kill you. Terry Tempest Williams

• book
• thinking
• writing

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