I wrote books to entertain. I'm not trying to teach anything! If I suspected the author was trying to show me how to be a better behaved girl, I... →
Beverly Cleary
I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.
John Cleese
I don't watch a huge amount of telly. I read a lot. I'm reading at the moment 'Freedom,' by Jonathan Franzen, a great big brick of a... →
Nick Clegg
I knew the term Stepford Wife, and I knew what that meant. I never read the book, and I think before I started filming I watched the movie. I thought... →
Glenn Close
Even if I only had 10 readers, I'd rather do the book for them than for a million readers online.
Daniel Clowes
For me, the whole process involves envisioning this book in my head as I'm working.
I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing.
Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next... →
Adam Clymer
When I came back to Washington to be The Times' chief congressional correspondent in 1991, I was looking for a book subject, and Ted Kennedy... →
The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head. I usually start writing... →
Harlan Coben