What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the... →
Harlan Coben
Writing my first book, I think in hindsight I went into it saying, 'It's gonna sell.' I was earning enough to scrape by sometime around a... →
Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about... →
I'm not a fan of self-help books - how can something be 'self-help' if the book itself is purportedly helping you?
The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William Goldman's... →
I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be... →
I remember the days of sitting at book signings, playing with my pen when no one would come, and still I even then thought I was living the dream... →
I always say when you write a book, you're a 'one-man band.' Whereas, when you finish a screenplay, it's just a sketch.
Diablo Cody
I talk to my readers on social networking sites, but I never tell them what the book is about. Writing is lonely, so from time to time I talk to them... →
Paulo Coelho
It took me 40 years to write my first book. When I was a child, I was encouraged to go to school. I was not encouraged to follow the career of a... →