"A book should long for pen, ink,..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
A book should long for pen, ink, and writing-table: but usually it is pen, ink, and writing-table that long for a book. That is why books are so negligible nowadays.
More by Friedrich Nietzsche
“Joy wants the eternity of all things, wants deep, wants deep eternity.”
“Worldly Wisdom Do not stay in the field! Nor climb out of sight. The best view of the world Is from a medium height.”
“Man, however, is the most courageous animal: thereby has he overcome every animal. With sound of triumph has he overcome every pain; human pain, however, is the sorest pain.”
More on Books
“People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them.”
“A lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.”
“What seems to sell books is good word-of-mouth, not promotion tours. I'm too old to believe that media promotion of a book really matters. What matters is how it will look 100 years from now, not how many copies are sold.”
More on Writing
“Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.”
“All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.”
“I would be a liar, a hypocrite, or a fool - and I'm not any of those - to say that I don't write for the reader. I do. But for the reader who hears, who really will work at it, going behind what I seem to say. So I write for myself and that reader who will pay the dues.”