Michael Lewis Quotes About Writing
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It's such a pain in the ass to write a book, I can't imagine writing one if I'm not interested in the subject.
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I didn't think one day something would happen that would bring me back to Wall Street to write what is essentially a sequel.
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When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
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You want the book to be special, and they are not always going to be special, but at least you want that to be the ambition. So the only way that happens is if you are not pressing to write a book.
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Every form of strength is also a form of weakness,” he once wrote. “Pretty girls tend to become insufferable because, being pretty, their faults are too much tolerated. Possessions entrap men, and wealth paralyzes them. I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say.
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Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.
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I procrastinate to a point where I'm filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It's usually a state of self-loathing that gets me going.
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