Book Quotes

We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.

Hanya Yanagihara
- Writing
- True
- Process
When you write a book, you're an expert, and people look at you in a different way.

Martha Stewart
- People
- Different
- Book

The book 'A Reliable Wife' is a slice of American history. It takes a part of American history and tells a story about the purchase of a wife by a Wisconsin businessman. The research of that would have been really interesting.

Patti LuPone
It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.

Laini Taylor
- Good
- Book
- Worry
As you leave these gates and re-enter society, one thing is certain: Everyone out there is going to hate you. Never tell anyone in a roadside diner that you went to Harvard. In most situations the correct response to where did you go to school is, "School? Why, I never had much in the way of book learnin' and such." Then, get in your BMW and get the hell out of there.

Conan O'Brien
- School
- Why
- Society
Every play I do, every book I write, every painting I paint, I will struggle with. I don't know what it's like for a project to come easy.
Antony Sher
- Book
- Struggle
- Painting
Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was finished. If I had looked back at what I had written the day before I might have despaired.

Ian Fleming
- Writing
- Words
- Day
When I read a book, I like to be surprised. I don't want to read the same genre formula that I've read a hundred times before.

Chet Williamson
- Book