Quotes about book
book writing world
I have students that I tell, "If your book doesn't sell or you can't publish it, write another book. Quit sitting around." The publishing world is a business, but it's not any big deal. An editor is not your guru. Your agent is not your guru. Natalie Goldberg
book writing mind
Let's say I've directed that [writing] energy into writing my latest book but suddenly, I really want to write about an onion. I don't say to myself, "No, you have stay on the subject," because I know that the longer I stay on the subject the more boring I get. So, if my mind wants to write about an onion, it might be a deeper way to go into what I'm working on, even though it might seem irrelevant. This is how I've learned to follow my mind.
book kind
If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the listener. Natalie Portman
book writing perfect-days
You can write a book on how to ruin someone’s perfect day. Taylor Swift
book passion comic
Comic books are a big passion of mine. Taran Killam
book needs want
I usually have Kafka biography in my bathroom. It's a book I can open at random and feel interested in immediately. It's really funny. With this book, since I'm opening it at random and immediately interested, I don't feel the need to read more than I want to read, in that there's not, like, a plot that leads me along. So I can stop whenever. Tao Lin
book writing thinking
I don't know what Douglas Coupland thinks about his writing. I've read maybe one page of one of his books and didn't think I was similar to him. But it seems like people just compare you to anyone, pretty much.
book like-you said
My publisher had mailed [Bret Easton Ellis] Richard Yates. And when I talked to him he said he had read all my prose books. And he said something like, "You got a lot of mileage out of Dakota Fanning."
book reading people
I like reading books where people with a lot of money use it to do whatever they want. Like stay in expensive hotels and do whatever drugs they want and fly wherever they want.
book thinking talking
When I'm talking to someone I think 'can I use this dialogue in a book,'" said Luis. "If the answer is no I try talking to someone else.
book writing criticism
If you're, like, a PhD student in English, and you look at each instance that Richard Yates is mentioned in the book...it has sort of it's own narrative that one could analyze and write literary criticism about.
book writing media
Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face. Tama Janowitz
book harder wells
Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.
book writing sick
I was sick all the time, one exotic illness after another, which lasted throughout my twenties. My worst decade. But from the day the first book was accepted, I never got sick again. Writing changed my life. Judy Blume
book kids thinking
I am a big defender of 'Harry Potter,' and I think any book that gets kids to read are books that we should cherish, we should be thankful for them.
book people treats
I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.
book library four
I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four...
book character ideas
Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books helped me learn to understand other people and they taught me a lot about myself. ... Some books you never forget. Some characters become your friends for life.
book thinking creative
The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books.
book writing challenges
When I started to write, it was the '70s, and throughout that decade, we didn't have any problems with book challenges or censorship.
book writing kids
I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.
book writing thinking
When I'm writing a book, you can't think about your audience. You're going to be in big trouble if you think about it. You're got to write from deep inside.
book writing important
I'm a more skilled writer now, but after 23 books it's harder to be fresh and that's really important to me. I don't want to write the same thing over and over again.
book fighting offensive
Something will be offensive to someone in every book, so you've got to fight it.
book character writing
The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.
book writing want
The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.
book editors titles
I always have trouble with titles for my books. I usually have no title until the editor has to present the book and calls me frantically, 'Judy, we need a title.
book kids needs
Librarians save lives by handing the right book at the right time to a kid in need.
book character writing
I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.
book character thinking
I'll look at the script and I'll try to find as many books, movies, and pieces of music that I think are going to feed each scene or the character as a whole Josh Lucas
book reading vampire
I know not everyone starts out reading high literature. If you read enough you might be drawn to some other things, so maybe those vampire books are what they call 'gateway books.' I just coined that term. I don't know if there's a thing called 'gateway books. Josh Radnor
book thinking different
I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.
book reading kids
There's something touching about a kid who's reading a book that's printed on actual paper. I think that anything that kids start reading, within reason, can lead to other discoveries.