Writers Books Quotes

Writers Books Quote of the day

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.

If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?

No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it

I learned to write by reading the kind of books I wished I'd written.

While art thrives on the blazing colours of scandal, literature blossoms on the dark soil of tragedy.

Books can truly change our lives: the lives of those who read them, the lives of those who write them. Readers and writers alike discover things they never knew about the world and about themselves.

Writers Are Insane. For months we are lone wolves locked in our caves. Then overnight we become publicity hounds. It's a schizophrenic business.

It comes a point in which you don't know if you write books or the books write you

You don’t become a good writer overnight. It takes persistence and repetition to gain mastery.

Books bring alluring colors to our mundane black and white world.

The secret to success is no secret. Be honest in your words, be trustworthy and share value. Most people won't tell the difference, but those that do are your readers.

Publication is a marathon, not a sprint. Writing the book is only the start.

Reading sparks writing.

Writing is the neck muscle allowing us to see the important stuff in our periphery.

What is it about us lady authors and our fascination for the exclamation mark?

A hammer made of deadlines is the surest tool for crushing writer's block.

Writing is about taking everyday observations, things which people see almost every day of their lives, and yet bringing it to their attention for the very first time.

The show must go on, and so must The Book.

We write to strengthen our soul and the spirit of other souls.

I meet people and they become chapters in my stories.

You shouldn't write about your personal life', says the one feeling threatened by the truth to the writer.

My only wish is to be buried with my books.

The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story

It’s remarkable that a device, which fits in your pocket, can hold thousands of books. But a room full of books is an entirely different kind of remarkable.

To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate.

There are more writers who read than readers who write.

A writer’s primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore’s is to make cents.

Sometimes it is the reader that sucks, not the book.

If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and hold the pen.

If you write without reading, you will certainly have too many books without readers.

There are as many different kinds of books as there are writers - as many different responses as there are readers.

Forever encased in the amber of a writer's prose.

People who don't read fiction are scared of what's inside their own heads.

A book is a place where my reality, escapism, hope, despair, love and death lie.

I swooned again – I had that moment of falling in love with reading again.

Readers are the glue that binds the books together.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.— Walter Benjamin, "Unpacking My Library

Books have power to bring you glory or doom, it all depends on perception.

Writers are not just writers, they are creators of worlds, sculptors of the mind, they are architects of language.

They say a picture is worth 1, 000 words. I say its closer to 675 or 700.

If you're going to fall in love with anyone, fall in love with a writer. Allow yourself to become immortalised in words.

Never Let The Roosters Wake You!

How you feel after reading something indicates not what you’ve read but where you are at.

If you are afraid of the critics you will never write a word

Writing is all about self-expression, we want to speak up, to get it off our chest. Whether we make an impact or not that is not for us to decide

Writing is self-pleasure

The power of the writer is to capture the thoughts live and present them as they appeared in his mind

If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing

Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers