Writing A Book Quotes (page 5)

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• pain
• struggle
• book

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand. George Orwell

• brainly
• reading books
• reading

Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage. Pat Conroy

• poetry
• leaving
• writing

Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then one becomes jaded and increasingly hard to please. I read less and less fiction these days, finding the buzz and the joy I used to get from fiction in ever stranger works of non-fiction, or poetry. Neil Gaiman

• book
• writing
• illness

Writing a book is like having a very long illness.-- George OrwellNot. -- Scott Archer Jones George Orwell

• book
• reading
• writing

Write the book you want to read, the one you cannot find. Carol Shields

• book
• writing
• writing process

Writing the book was itself a process of concealing and revealing. Rick Moody

• night
• book
• people

Writing a book is not as tough as it is to haul thirty-five people around the country and sweat like a horse five nights a week. Bette Midler

• strong
• writing
• book

Writing children's books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive. Helen Dunmore

• book
• people
• personality

Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them. Peter Ustinov

• different
• experience
• writing

Writing Part of the Scenery has been a very different experience. I have been reminded of people and events, real and imaginary which have been part of my life. This book is a celebration of the land which means so much to me. Mary Wesley

• book
• writing
• job

Writing a book is such a full-time job. If you're away for a few days, you have to start again. Stephen Collins

• adulting
• respect
• writing

Writing for children is bloody difficult; books for children are as complex as their adult counterparts, and they should therefore be accorded the same respect. Mark Haddon

• book
• waiting
• writing

Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo. Don Marquis

• book
• children
• writing

Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development. Norman Macleod

• book
• writing
• wishes

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. Wole Soyinka