Tracy Chevalier Quotes

In terms of the economics, yes obviously the rise of e-books and how people choose to read books has a big effect on the economics of the game. But whether people are buying them on paper or downloading them there's still some poor wretch in a room who is trying to write a poem, write a story, write a novel. And so my job doesn't change. It's just how people receive it and economic conditions on the ground change, but that doesn't affect what I write.

I write books and either people read them or they don't read them. The rise of Facebook or e-books doesn't change the difficulty level of writing sentences and thinking up new ideas.

Everybody writes a book too many.

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

Books are like tweets, except longer.

There are men that will make you books, and turn them loose into the world, with as much dispatch as they would do a dish of fritters.

The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.

More and more books are published every year. If people were not reading them, they wouldn't be published. We are in a different moment. We are now reading electronic books or whatever else, but people are still reading, and people still need stories.

First rule of writing: When still a child, make sure you read a lot of books. Spend more time doing this than anything else.

What I enjoy about reviewing and writing for newspapers and periodicals is simply the chance to talk about all kinds of books and lots of them.

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two.

Like most authors, I also love to read.

What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.

My mother obviously was in the publishing business.

I'm actually not that big a fan of reading.

I just hope that readers and publishers continue to appreciate good writing and good storytelling in all their various forms. And I hope that people continue to read books, even though we have so many other options for entertainment.

I cannot imagine a sorrier pursuit than struggling for years to write a book that attempts to appeal to people who do not read in the first place.

It's insane to be a writer and not be a reader. When I'm writing I'm more likely to be reading four or five books at once, just in bits and pieces rather than subjecting myself to a really brilliant book and thinking, "Well what's the point of me writing anything?" I'm more likely to read a book through when I take a break from writing.

There's still a fascination with somebody who can write at book length, no matter what the book is.

Always I'm working on some of book. That's the way I make a living.

The dirty little secret of publishing is that, all along, each book sold has had an average of 5 readers. That's an 80% "piracy" rate if you insist on looking at it in those terms.

The world of books is the most remarkable creation of man.

I think I write for reluctant readers. Of course I want everyone to enjoy my books, but if the kids in the back row who normally don't pick up a book are engaged with what I'm writing, along with the kids who are big readers anyway, then I really feel like I've done my job.

The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book