Guy Kawasaki Quotes

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.

I began to write when I was seven, and I have been writing off and on ever since. It is still off and on. You can say that when I am on, when I know I have a book which I am going to write, then I write two thousand words a day. That's so many pages longhand.

It is no fun at all to have been writing a book for seven or so years, especially when you've never published anything before.

Writing a book is the most terrifying thing that I've ever done. It's so much harder than writing for television because it is a completely different skill set.

As much fun as it is to read a book, writing a book is one level deeper than that.

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always had in you. Once you get that out of your way, you can start writing books.

It's hard to find a book that's safe to write. Because one always goes to dark or difficult places.

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.

Writing a book is incredibly pleasurable, but very solitary. You have total control, but sometimes that can drive you insane.

A book, while it is being written, has an intense life of its own which you share.

If you're writing, you're a writer. If you're talking about it or thinking about it, I'm not so sure. Writing is ninety-eight percent work and two percent magic.

A really good day for me is to write my book for about four hours, go to the writing room for about four hours and then maybe come back to the book to finish the day for a few more hours of it.

No two books come out the same way. Some I write by the seat of my pants; others are planned in minute detail.

There is no such thing as a secure writer: every novel is an impossible mountain.

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.

I was going to write a book one day and I actually did. To have it is a major accomplishment for me.

I write the books that I'm compelled to and I definitely learn things about the world when I write them, and I hope that other people get something out of them, enjoy them, see the world differently when they're done.

Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness.

Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have a book out.

When you get the ideas, that's a thrill; when you're writing the book and it's corning out well, that's a thrill; when you finish it and other people read it, that's a thrill. There are going to be reviews, of course; not everyone's going to love it. You feel sort of naked and vulnerable in a way. That's just a minor part of the process, really. If you can't take that part, you shouldn't be in the business. But there are so many joys to writing.

I'm writing books. They're still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it's an interesting place to work.

Turning the blog into a book was extremely difficult, a tremendous amount of sustained, hard work. Blogging is easy; writing a book is difficult.

You know, it's hard work to write a book. I can't tell you how many times I really get going on an idea, then my quill breaks. Or I spill ink all over my writing tunic.

I write books that way - I put a first line down and say, "Where does this go?"