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• I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love.

  Bell Hooks

  Moving On, Book, Writing

  "Building a Community of Love: bell hooks and Thich Nhat Hanh". www.lionsroar.com. March 24, 2017.

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• Writing a book makes you an expert in the field. At the very least, when you hand someone a book you wrote, it's more impressive than handing a business card.

  James Altucher

  Book, Writing, Hands

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• I've been writing books without ego for a very long time. I feel like it will get what it deserves. Or won't get what it doesn't deserve.

  Hilary Liftin

  Book, Writing, Long

  "'Getting to Take on That Life Temporarily'". Interview with Kathryn Borel, Jr., logger.believermag.com. July 21, 2015.

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• I can't imagine writing a book without some strong female characters, unless that was a demand of the setting. I actually tend to suspect that in real life, there have always been very strong female characters, but at certain stages of society, they've been asked to cool it.

  William Gibson

  Strong, Real, Book

  Interview with Zack Handlen, www.avclub.com. September 7, 2010.

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• Fahrenheit 451 is one of those books that is about how amazing books are and how amazing the people who write books are. Writers love writing books like this, and for some reason, we let them get away with it.

  Josh Lieb

  Book, Writing, People

  Josh Lieb (2015). “Ratscalibur”, p.161, Penguin

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• I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.

  Molly Ringwald

  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• I like writing books. I'd rather be at home with my wife. I can write, take a break, come out, have a glass of tea, give my wife a kiss, and go back in and write some more. It's not so bad. I am really lucky.

  Gene Wilder

  Book, Home, Writing

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning.

  Phyllis A. Whitney

  Perseverance, Book, Writing

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• Writing a book is like masturbation, and making a movie is like an orgy.

  Clive Barker

  Book, Writing, Masturbation

  FaceBook post by Clive Barker from Aug 04, 2013

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• I think being an only child created in me a degree of self-reliance, which I'm glad of. It made me perfectly happy with my own company and perhaps was good conditioning for the protracted solitude of writing books as slowly as I do.

  Alan Hollinghurst

  Children, Book, Writing

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• I've been writing since I'm five years old. I've been writing books since high school - junior high, high school. I write every single day. I never thought I'd be published.

  Karrine Steffans

  Book, Writing, School

  "Former 'Video Vixen' Talks Sexuality and Power". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. October 9, 2007.

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• I once considered writing a book called I'm not OK and you're not OK, and that's OK.

  Copyright: Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Family Limited Partnership.

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

  Book, Writing, Psychology

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• Ireland is a wonderful place to write in. Even although the atmosphere was so Faith-laden that I was often worried that I was not writing a book to the glory of God, I had to admit that words flowed from my pen like all-get-out. To be honest, there is nothing to do in Ireland but write.

  Nancy Spain

  Book, Writing, Atmosphere

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• Writing a book is a way of thinking to me, the only way of thinking that I have found successful.

  Ruth Ozeki

  Book, Writing, Successful

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• Don't worry about writing a book or getting famous or making money. Just lead an interesting life.

  Michael Morpurgo

  Money, Book, Writing

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• The good thing about writing books is that you can dream while you are awake. If it’s a real dream, you cannot control it. When writing the book, you are awake; you can choose the time, the length, everything. I write for four or five hours in the morning and when the time comes, I stop. I can continue the next day. If it’s a real dream, you can’t do that.

  Haruki Murakami

  Dream, Morning, Real

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• The rewrites are a struggle right now. Sometimes I wish writing a book could just be easy for me at last. But when I think about it practically, I am glad it's a struggle. I am (as usual) attempting to write a book that's too hard for me. I'm telling a story I'm not smart enough to tell. The risk of failure is huge. But I prefer it this way. I'm forced to learn, forced to smarten myself up, forced to wrestle. And if it works, then I'll have written something that is better than I am.

  Shannon Hale

  Smart, Struggle, Book

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• She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it.

  Jeffrey Eugenides

  Book, Reading, Writing

  Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.42, Macmillan

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• I just got a fortune cookie that says "Turn off your computer and read a book" which is odd because I'm WRITING a book...on my computer!

  Meg Cabot

  Book, Writing, Fortune Cookie

  FaceBook post by Meg Cabot from Jan 22, 2012

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• Here's the truth about telling stories with your life. It's going to sound like a great idea, and you're going to get excited about it, and then when it comes time to do the work, you're not going to want to do it. It's like that with writing books, and it's like that with life. People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen. But joy costs pain.

  Donald Miller

  Pain, Book, Writing

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• Writing a book isn’t an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life’s most satisfying achievements.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Book, Writing, Achievement

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• Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

  Norman Mailer

  Book, Writing, Men

  1965 'Mr Mailer Interviews Himself', in the NewYork Times Book Review,17 Sep.

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