book

'Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.' — Don Marquis

Writing a book takes me a long time. There are ALWAYS times when it feels too hard, too unimportant, too lonely. My process seems to be: take a few steps in the dark, fall, lie there, eventually get up, take a few more steps. Slowly, the landscape of the story becomes easier to see, almost...

'A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face.... It is one of the few havens remaining where [your] mind can get both provocation and privacy.' Edward P. Morgan '

A bad book is as much a labour to write as a good one. Aldous Huxley

A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition. Like money, books must be kept in constant circulation. Lend and borrow to the maximum. Henry Miller

The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one that makes you think. Harper Lee

A good book….leaves you wanting to reread the book. A great book compels you to reread your own soul. Richard Flanagan

It's not hard to write a book. It's hard to write well....Write. Make mistakes. Take the time to learn what you want to be. John Connolly

If a book has been in print for forty years, I can expect it to be in print for another forty years. But, and that is the main difference, if it survives another decade, then it will be expected to be in print another fifty years. This, simply, as a rule, tells you why things that have been...

'Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment when you make the big leap; the opportunity to express yourself is offered that once, and you untie the knot within you then or never again.' Italo Calvino