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Writing A Book Quotes (page 2)

I didn't get fired." "You didn't punch your boss and get fired from the Tribune? That's what I heard." "I punched what could loosely be called a colleague for cribbing my notes on a story and since the editor–who happened to be the asshole's uncle–took his word over mine, I quit." "To write books. Is it fun?" "I guess it is." "I bet you killed the asshole in the first one you wrote." "You'd be right. Beat him to death with a shovel. Very satisfying. Nora Roberts
John Updike quote: "I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in..."
I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody's head. John Updike
For Tommy, on that hot and empty afternoon, was in a state of mind in which grown-up people go away and write books about their whole world, and stories about what it is like to be married, and plays about the important problems of modern times. Tommy, being only ten years old, was not able to do harm on this large and handsome scale. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Elizabeth Moon quote: "When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well,..."
When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books. Elizabeth Moon
As for suspense, I like to write books that draw you into the hero's plight from the opening pages, where people put their lives on the line for something - a belief, a family member, the truth. Andrew Gross
My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since. John Grisham
I'm pretty grounded on my own passion - writing books, you know, doing programs, speaking around the country. And I love what I do. Stedman Graham
So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments. Uri Geller
Cornelia Funke quote: "I will try to write books until I drop dead."
I will try to write books until I drop dead. Cornelia Funke
Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming. Jeffery Deaver
Jeffery Deaver quote: "Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them."
Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them. Jeffery Deaver
As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience. Sylvia Day
I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that they were just artists that can't write books so people swept the whole of Image with that paintbrush. Todd McFarlane
Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good art, and I think this has been a very negative thing. I know that I have wanted very much to write books that are accessible to the widest audience possible. Bell Hooks
I've never been pigeonholed and I've experienced so many different kinds of skin - what man will do and won't do, what you should do and shouldn't do. This is what's exciting about being an actor; where philosophy majors sit in classrooms or write books about human behavior, we're actually acting them out in front of cameras. Ron Perlman

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