“A man's got to take a lot of punishment to write a really funny book.”

“My first book “The Naked Manager”, a big success in 1971, had been followed by many others, and I wanted to write still more. Writing books is very interesting as each new project takes you in a different direction. You learn a lot – especially about what you yourself really think.”

Robert Heller (1932–2012) British magician

“Read a lot, listen well and deeply, and write a lot. […] If you read good books, when you write, good books will come out of you.”

Natalie Goldberg book Writing Down the Bones

“Writing a book has about it some of the anxiety of telling a joke and having to wait several years to know whether or not it was funny.”

Alain de Botton (1969) Swiss writer

“The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this.”

Jerry Falwell (1933–2007) American evangelical pastor, televangelist, and conservative political commentator

“I'm writing a book. I've got the page numbers done.”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“It takes a heap of loafing to write a book.”

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays

“No one who writes a good book is really dead.”

Walter Moers (1957) German comic creator and author

“God writes a lot of comedy, Donna; the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.”

Garrison Keillor (1942) American radio host and writer

“Take no heed of her…. She reads a lot of books.”

Jasper Fforde book The Eyre Affair