Guy Kawasaki Quotes

I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.

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.

What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people.

I have been writing since I was a kid and thought what I wrote down could one day be made into a book.

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novel, find a book you do like. Life is too short to be miserable. If you do like my novels, I commend your good taste.

I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me.

I've written five books, a book every three years. I'm fairly lazy and it doesn't take that much...people who are not lazy are Isaac Asimov.

Too many people write books because they want to be a New York Times best-seller. They want the glory and the fame.

People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.

Do yourself and your family a favor: Decide right now that you will write a self-help book someday. I'm serious. A self-help book is a great way to capture what you think makes a good person, a good life and a good world. It's also a "forever document" that you can pass down to future generations. We need more people sharing positive messages and books with the world. Why not be one of those people?

I think what happens is that we're so busy as pastors that we never get around to trying to turn that material into a book. It's a shame because there is so much good material out there that needs to be published.

Well - when I write my book, and tell the tale Of my adventures - all these little stars That shake out of my cloak - I must save those To use for asterisks.

That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did it without any ego involved and that you did it for somebody else. That's the best you can do.

Then I decided I would spend the summer writing a novel. That would fix a lot of people.

People who can write a book usually do.

Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs. Books break the shackles of time. A book is proof that humans are capable of magic.

There was no "decision" per se to re-position myself. I simply decided that I wanted to write a book that would help people influence others.

But how do I get to having to write a book?... It was a mother who bore me, not an inkwell!

Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.

If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.

When you write, you're alone in a room. And when someone reads a book, they're alone in a room, too, usually. It's a really intimate exchange. And so people ask me where I get the boldness to talk about this or that, but I didn't feel like it required any sort of courage, because I was alone. Sometimes it feels weird for people to read it.

Writing a book makes you an expert in the field. At the very least, when you hand someone a book you wrote, it's more impressive than handing a business card.

Like all former thinkers, I'm writing a book.

Here's the thing: The book that will most change your life is the book you write.