Writing Books Quotes

The process of creation can be unpredictable and, in some way, similar to love: the brightest waves of inspiration may sometimes occur in wrong timing, wrong places, or even with wrong people.

Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book.

How do you paint a writer's block?Just fill it with fifty shades of black.

It's not a job but a condition.(Alan Garner on writing)

I do not think consciously of children [when writing] … I do know that children read me more intelligently than adults do.

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly.

Relationship are easy when times are good, BUT THE TRUE TEST IS WHAT YOU DO WHEN ( ONE IS BLIND AND OTHER IS VICTIM OF SILENCE ) AND TIMES ARE TOUGH.

I would actually write books totally full of nothing BUT kissing scenes, but apparently people like books to have, like, "plots" or whatever.

Flowers don't tell, they show. That's the way good books should be too."--Stephanie Skeem. Author of Flotsam

Jin looked both ways for the Quicksilver Dragon before crossing the canal.

His shout was a syllable so ancient and powerful that Saffiyah's mind instantly censored it.

How is something authorised as 'feng shui compliant' he wondered. Is there a Chinese Ministry of Magic?

There's nothing on Earth like really nailing the last line of a big book. You have 200 pages to tickle their fancy, and seven words to break their heart.

You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one.

A library is more precious than a bank.

Warning...well-loved stories are habit forming...

You may receive a pie, eat it and forget. You may receive champagne, drink it and forget. But when you receive a book, you can open it again and again.

That is how we writers all started: by reading. We heard the voice of a book speaking to us.

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.

I'll have enough books when they fill my room like the stars fill the sky.

Still not sure about how easily he could be integrated into their posse, Trevor smiled in delighted relief at how tolerantly two of his close friends had received his new identity.

Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't have any boring books.

A good book is not the same as a successful one.

I'm interested in things women do that aren't spoken about. Manto's stories let me breathe. They make me feel like less of a monster.

Books are readable drugs.

Writing is 90% procrastination, 8% perspiration, and 6%biscuitNone of it is math.

Good science fiction has its roots in good science.

A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.

As I inch forward to embrace my life again by being mindful, writing books, and planning adventures, I sense my dad would approve. I know he would want me to be happy.

No matter how good it is, your book will not sell itself.

In the industry, trying out new genres is not always encouraged but what I've discovered is that as a writer, a jaunt outside my comfort zone generally brings new skills to the main body of my work.

For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending both what's available and who gets to read it.

As I quietly stare off into space, eyes glazed over and brow thoughtfully taut, know that I am going about my business.  I am a storyteller.  Daydreaming is the best part of my job.

Writing a story about a place calls that world into existence. Sometimes, as the author, you accompany it for a while. But even as you write, the characters have minds of their own.

We read to know we’re not alone. We read because we are alone. We read and we are not alone. We are not alone.

Write when drunk. Edit when sober. Market it with the persistence of a drug peddler.