2,152 Quotes About Author

Sometimes the hardest battles only exists within ourselves, our mind fighting amongst the demons of thought within our own head.

I have a romanticised idea about dedicating myself to my work, to live and die for it and let nothing else interrupt. To live and learn all there is to live and learn in order to be a great writer, a great artist: all I came here to be.

Writing a book is like raising a child. They are conceived in private, and with hard labor, delivered in due time and given a name. Our own DNA is written all over them, and we pray their life will be a blessing to others.

Speaking is instant. Writing is a process.

I don't want to be an insufferable pretentious "artist". I just want to fucking write. To create. And to to hear the stories of the people around the globe who go, "yeah, okay, I've been there, man.

Writing is a process that has the potential to transform into a spiritual journey.

To love a book is, above all, to love its author: we want to meet him again, we want to spend our days with him.

Every book has its ancestors

Writing is exposing yourself to strangers