Amy Gerstler Quotes

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book.

People do write books.

There are many challenges I face while working on a book. Working within deadlines and schedules is certainly one of the bigger ones for me. I want to create the best possible book I can for my readers with words and pictures - and that takes time to get it just right.

I don't think there's a difference between writing for a newspaper or magazine and doing a chapter in a book.

I have more than 100 legal pads filled with handwriting. Eight novels, two books for children, countless stories and essays.

Writing a book is not easy.

I take a very long time to write my books - from five to ten years.

When I write, I try to capture one of those pivotal moments. If I succeed, I have shifted the reader's view of the world, just a little. The character is not the only one to experience change. That is my job, shifting perceptions, one story at a time. The trouble is, I don't like writing. But I love having written.

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.

I have to go make books. Sorry about that.

I want to be an author.

Live life and write about life. Of the making of many books there is indeed no end, but there are more than enough books about books.

Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.

I haven't done a book for about 3 or 4 years now.

Making books is hard work. Some books are, of course, more demanding than others.

When I write a book, I'm making it the best book I can.

For me, it's writing a book and telling people about this story.

You write, hoping to write a good book; that's it.

Now I'm trying to work outside first person. I do plan to write more books.

Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.

Thus far, I've devoted my entire career to publishing genre short fiction, but I now look forward to applying that same level of curation to finding the best new novels and new authors.

'One With You' was the hardest book I have ever written. I rewrote it three times.

Books arrive in my head all at once, and then it becomes an 18-month process of getting it all down on paper.