The covers of this book are too far apart. — Ambrose Bierce
Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators. — Stephen Fry
I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper. — Steve Martin
No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one. — Robert Byrne
A bad review may spoil your breakfast, but you shouldn’t allow it to spoil your lunch. — Kingsley Amis
I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. — Douglas Adams
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. — W. Somerset Maugham
The first draft of anything is shit. — Ernest Hemingway
If writers were good businessmen, they’d have too much sense to be writers.— Irvin S. Cobb
Everybody does have a book in them, but in most cases that’s where it should stay. — Christopher Hitchens
Poetic license is not a license to scribe recklessly. ― C. Kennedy
From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it. — Groucho Marx
It takes an awful lot of time to not write a book.— Douglas Adams
‘Classic.’ A book which people praise and don’t read. — Mark Twain
The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. — Robert Cormier
I’ve often thought of writing my autobiography and selling it as a cure for insomnia. — Melanie White
A person who reads 50 Shades of Grey has no advantage over one who can’t read. — Guy Portman
This Is Not a Novel To Be Tossed Aside Lightly. It Should Be Thrown with Great Force. — Dorothy Parker
There’s not much to be said about the period except that most writers don’t reach it soon enough. — William Zinsser
Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial “we.” — Mark Twain
