“Well, first you have to love writing. A lot of authors love having written. But I enjoy the actual writing. Beside that, I think the main reason I can be so prolific is the huge amount of planning I do before I start to write. I do a very complete, chapter-by-chapter outline of every book I write. When I sit down to write, I already know everything that's going to happen in the book. This means I've done all the important thinking, and I can relax and enjoy the writing. I could never write so many books if I didn't outline them first.” IfsThinkingKnowsWritingFirstsWellsMeanI CanImportantBookReasonDoneHappensEnjoyWrittenHugeAmountPlanningRelaxChaptersOutlines Author:R. L. Stine
“It's important, I think, for a writer of fiction to maintain an awareness of the pace and shape of the book as he's writing it. That is, he should be making an object, not chattering.” ThinkingShouldWritingImportantBookFictionAwarenessObjectsShapesPace Author:Thomas Perry
“The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.” PeopleImportantBookStoriesLevelsNicePicksExcitingImportant ThingsAddGood Story Author:Jonathan Stroud
“I will get a loan and pay the money the court asks for. But I will not lay down my writing and I still say this was an important book to write.” WritingStillsImportantBookAsksPayCourtLaysLoan Author:Asne Seierstad
“I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.” WellsImportantBookDoneFilmSpiritReaderOriginalsImportant ThingsAdoreAdaptationLenientFilm Adaptations Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“It may be important to write a book that doesn't come up to what I would like to have rather than to write no book at all.” WritingMayImportantBookCome Up Author:Sheri S. Tepper
“So many of my books, I don't want to say they have messages, but they have important things to say.” WantImportantBookMessagesImportant Things Author:Lois Lowry
“The reason I wrote political satire was because I thought it - politics - was important... that public policy was important. Then I transitioned into books, then into radio.” ImportantBookReasonPoliticalPolicyRadioSatirePublic PolicyPolitical Satire Author:Al Franken
“But I do think it's important to remember that writers do not have a monopoly of wisdom on their books. They can be wrong about their own books, they can often learn about their own books.” ThinkingImportantBookRememberMonopoly Author:China Mieville
“The library was one more essential in the parade of rooms in a big 18th-century house - and part of the required kit ever afterwards. The important thing was to have the books, not actually read them.” ImportantBookBigsHouseRoomsCenturyEssentialsImportant ThingsLibraryParadesEver After18th Century Author:Peter York
“It was important to me that the book didn't comment on being a teenager, but felt instead like a story told by a teenager.” ImportantBookStoriesFeltTeenagerCommentBeing A Teenager Author:David Crabb
“I had self-doubt about whether my story was interesting to people. I didn't want to write something that was anecdotal. It was important to me that people would get something out of my book. I want people to read it and say, "Now I don't feel so alone," or "I'm going to remember that next time I'm being an asshole."” PeopleWantFeelsWritingImportantBookSelfStoriesRememberNextInterestingDoubtNext TimeSelf-doubt Author:Lizz Winstead
“The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.” ImportantBookEarthImportant ThingsInstructionComebackSpaceships Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“Now there is one outstanding important fact regarding spaceship earth, and that is that no instruction book came with it.” ImportantBookFactsWisdomMotivationalEarthPoliticsEconomyLiberalismInstructionOutstandingComebackSpaceships Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“The most important thing about writing a book is having book parties.” WritingImportantBookPartyImportant ThingsWriting A Book Author:Art Buchwald
“All of the insights that we might ever need have already been captured by others in books. The important question is this: In the last ninety days, with this treasure of information that could change our lives, our fortunes, our relationships, our health, our children and our careers for the better, how many books have we read?” NeedsChildrenImportantBookMightLastsCareersOur LivesInformationOur ChildrenFortuneInsightTreasureOur RelationshipNinetyCapturedImportant Questions Author:Jim Rohn
“People really want to think that these things really happened. I don't know why that is important, but I know that when I finish reading a novel or something, I want to know how much of that really happened to this author.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantImportantBookReadingNovelKnow HowHappened Author:Alison Bechdel
“There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to open one's heart, to give vent to one's feelings, to make confessions; from the instinct of economy which sometimes encourages a writer to make good use of even the smallest crumbs of his life, so that he may have one more book to publish; or again from vanity and self- satisfaction.” GivingHeartMayImportantBookSelfSometimesReasonFactsUseFeelingsEconomyNotesInstinctSatisfactionVanityConfessionSmallestPublishDiariesCrumbsSelf-satisfaction Author:Alberto Moravia
“In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing in me, .. A lot of authors, if their first book is a success, they're terrified to write a second one. But in my case, since the first book wasn't considered a literary book, I was really determined to show people I could do other types of writing.” PeopleIfsWritingFirstsImportantBookShowsCasesTypeTwentiesDeterminedTerrifiedWriting A Book Author:Evelyn Lau
“When you're working with film, you can only shoot one angle at a time, and then everything has to stop, and you re-light it and shoot everything else from the opposite side, so it's really important that you stick exactly to what's written. But with the multi-camera digital setup, you're getting both sides of the scene at the same time, so it gives you that freedom to go off-book.” GivingImportantBookLightFilmSidesWrittenSceneOppositesCamerasSticksDigitalAngleBoth SidesSetups Author:Chris Pratt
“I want to do something important in my life, and I think that adding beauty to the world with books... really is important.” ThinkingWorldWantImportantBookImportance Author:Cynthia Rylant
“I think books find their way to you when you need them. Whenever I feel like I'm not going to live to read all the books I want to read, I remind myself that the important ones find their way to me.” ThinkingWayWantNeedsFeelsImportantBook Author:Rosanne Cash
“Faithiest resonated with me in many ways-not only because, like Chris, I am a gay former-Christian atheist who still thinks of my religious neighbors as fellow truth-seekers-but also because I deeply appreciated the book's nuanced approach to contentious issues. This is an important contribution to current debates, one which should be read not only for its valuable content but also for its exemplary tone: warm, engaging, optimistic, and humble.” ThinkingWayShouldStillsImportantBookChristianReligiousIssuesGayApproachFellowsAtheistCurrentsHumbleValuableWarmNeighborDebateOptimisticFormerToneContributionEngagingAppreciatedSeekersChristian AtheistExemplaryContentiousImportant ContributionsTruth Seekers Author:John Corvino
“The Transformation of the World is lavishly reinforced with critical apparatus (that, too, must have been a labor of Hercules to translate--I honestly never expected to see this book in English), but by far its greatest attraction is the intelligence and more important the wisdom of its author. It's a towering achievement no serious reader should miss.” WorldShouldHas BeensImportantBookMissingSeriousReaderAchievementLaborTransformationCriticalAttractionExpectedHonestlyTranslate Author:Steve Donoghue
“The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was the Ten Commandments. The first commandment is the most revolutionary sentence ever written. It states: "I am the Lord thy God there is no other." The second prohibits us from making images. Thus, there is a profound rejection of any goddess influence and a ban of representative art.” FirstsArtImportantBookStatesLordWrittenInfluenceTenProfoundSentencesRevolutionaryRejectionPassagesGoddessRepresentativesCommandmentsTestamentBansOld TestamentHebrewAlphabetTen CommandmentsHebrew Bible Author:Leonard Shlain
“Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is remarkable for its truth-telling about two important issues concerning Alabama's past and present: the civil rights movement and immigration. These stories, rendered through the words and eyes of a young Latina girl who came from Argentina to Marion, Alabama, are made vivid and immediate through Weaver's highly accessible drawings and dialogue. This is a book-about maturation, family, education, and social change-every schoolchild, parent, and citizen should experience.” ShouldMadeTwoImportantBookStoriesEyePastYoungGirlSocialParentBlackWhiteIssuesRightsMovementCitizensDrawingImmigrationMemoirDialogueCivil RightsTelling The TruthRemarkableBlack And WhiteSocial ChangeVividCivil Rights MovementAlabamaPast And PresentArgentinaImportant IssuesLatinaWeaversThis Is A BookDarkroomFamily Education Author:Sena Jeter Naslund
“The strange and wonderful Book of Job treats of the same subject as we are discussing; its contents are a fiction, conceived for the purpose of explaining the different opinions which people hold on Divine Providence. ...This fiction, however, is in so far different from other fictions that it includes profound ideas and great mysteries, removes great doubts, and reveals the most important truths. I will discuss it as fully as possible; and I will also tell you the words of our Sages that suggested to me the explanation of this great poem.” PeopleImportantBookIdeasDifferentJobsPurposeFictionOpinionDoubtWonderfulMysterySubjectsDivineStrangeTreatsProfoundExplanationRemoveProvidenceSageExplainingDiscussingDivine ProvidenceDifferent Opinions Author:Maimonides
“This is perhaps the most important book on evolutionary genetics ever written” ImportantBookWrittenGenetics Author:Ronald Fisher
“If you tell certain people that you like Kerouac, they assume that's all you read, like you don't know anything else about literature. I recognize all the things that people dislike about the way he writes - his tone and the sentimentality of it all. But those books were there for me at a very important point in my life.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayWritingImportantBookCertainLiteratureLike YouAssumingToneDislikeSentimentality Author:Ben Gibbard
“The thing is that my first novel, which was basically a mystery adventure story, won quite an important award in Spain for young adult fiction, and because of this it became a very successful book, and right now it's some sort of a standard title, it's read widely in many high schools in Spain, so I think, in a way, I was a victim of my own success in the field of young adult fiction, because it was never my own natural register. I never intended to write that kind of fiction, but I became very successful at it.” ThinkingWayWritingFirstsKindImportantBookStoriesSchoolYoungNaturalMy OwnFictionNovelSuccessfulMysteryFieldsAdventureRight NowStandardsHigh SchoolAdultsVictimYoung AdultTitlesAwardsSpainRegister Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“I think that most writers who are trying to write important and difficult books are in many ways putting their own humanity into question. Sometimes the journey is finding out where you stand in relationship to your own humanity and to the humanity of others.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingImportantBookSometimesHumanityDifficultJourneyFindingsWhere You Stand Author:Chris Abani
“I suppose that literature as it is won't die, science fiction included. But games are becoming an extremely important part of the science fiction world, including games that are adapted from books (or vice versa: books that are adapted from games). It's wonderful to have the opportunity to play and see your favorite characters on the screen, but the opportunity to read a book does not become less attractive.” WorldDoeImportantBookPlayCharacterDiesLiteratureOpportunityGamesFictionWonderfulBecomingScience FictionIncludingVicesScreensAttractiveVice VersaAdaptedYour FavoriteFavorite Characters Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: entertainment is one of the most important things in people's lives. Without it they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you're able to entertain people, you're doing a good thing.” PeopleIfsFeelsImportantBookEndsMightAbleUsedRealizingCareersBuildingImportant ThingsGood ThingsEntertainmentMedicalUsed To BeComicBridgesComic BookEmbarrassedMedical CareBuilding Bridges Author:Stan Lee
“I was planning on writing a detailed review of several books on web security tonight, but the Obama collapse has superseded my best-laid plans. Here’s another open thread for this important topic, as America wrestles with the issue of whether it would be a good idea to elect a President with a 20-year history of associating with people who hate America.” PeopleWritingYearsImportantBookIdeasWould BeAmericaHatePresidentIssuesPlansSecurityPlanningTonightReviewsGood IdeasCollapseThreadTopicsBest Laid Plans Author:Charles Foster Johnson
“I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers to lose their fear of death the finest tribute any writer could receive. ... Somewhere In Time is my favorite novel.” ThinkingMayImportantBookDreamLosesNumbersNovelWrittenReaderMy FavoriteFinestFear Of DeathTributeSomewhere In Time Author:Richard Matheson
“Nothing ensures the success of the child more in the society than being read to from infancy to young adulthood. Reading books to and with children is the single most important thing a parent, grandparent, or significant adult can do.” ChildrenImportantBookYoungReadingParentCan DoAdultsImportant ThingsYoung AdultSignificantReading BooksAdulthoodGrandparentInfancy Author:Anita Silvey
“Talking Taboo is a groundbreaking book. This chorus of bold female voices is presenting the church with an opportunity to engage real but all too frequently avoided or unseen issues impacting countless Christian women today. Their candid essays cover a wide spectrum of perspectives. Readers will resonate with some and be shocked by others. Talking Taboo took courage to write. Reading taboo takes courage too. So buckle up and brace yourself for an eye-opening but vitally important read!” WritingImportantBookRealEyeTodayChristianReadingOpportunityVoiceChurchTalkingIssuesPerspectiveReaderFemaleWideOpeningShockedUnseenEssaysAvoidedSpectrumTabooPresentingChorusCandidBracesEye OpeningBucklesGroundbreakingChristian WomenFemale Voice Author:Carolyn Custis James