313 Quotes by Elizabeth Berg

No matter what kind of writing you do, it's always the details that make the story.

It usually takes about a year to write each book. I don't plan it that way. I don't set deadlines. If a book wants to take longer, it can.

If I'm on the road for Random House, I'm presenting a book with the hope people will buy it.

I tend not to write books that are really, really long, and I'm also a pretty fast writer.

I love libraries, as anyone who has a brain does.

For me as a writer, it's so joyful to know that someone hears and responds to what I write.

I look to find the heart and soul of people, of my characters. I look for the truth of them and the truths about life that are presented through them.

Sometimes the best reading comes just by accident. Someone talks about a book, or you're just wandering the stacks in the library, and you find a book that you love.

Writing is, of course, a solitary occupation. But for many writers, myself included, it's through writing that we make certain vital connections.