#book writing

One of the pleasantest things about book writing is that sometimes it brings one in touch with old friends. ↗

— Rachel Field

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Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose. ↗

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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My grief is that the publishing world, the book writing world is an extraordinary shoddy, dirty, dingy world. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

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Book writing is a little different because, in my case, my editor is a year younger than me and basically has the same sensibility as me. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

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I feel sorry for people who have to edit me. Which is why book writing is by far the most enjoyable. Really the only thing it's based on is whether it's good or not. No book editor, in my experience, is getting a manuscript and try to rewrite it. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

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The essays are very solipsistic and self-absorbed, I'm totally conscious of that. To me, book writing is fun, and I basically just write about things that are entertaining to myself. ↗

— Chuck Klosterman

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The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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