Tracy Kidder Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

• I usually write about ordinary people and ordinary things, but Paul Farmer is the least ordinary person I've ever met... He's the leader of a small group of people who hope to cure a sick world, and I hope my book can help in some small way.

  Tracy Kidder

  Book, Writing, Sick World

• I tell beginning readers to read a lot and write a lot. If you want to write a book, find a subject that's really worth the time and effort you'll put in.

  Tracy Kidder

  Book, Writing, Effort

• At first, I spend about four hours a day writing. Toward the end of a book, I spend up to 16 hours a day on it, because all I want to do is make it good and get it done.

  Tracy Kidder

  Book, Writing, Good Day

• I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap.

  Tracy Kidder

  Book, Organization, Lap

• I always want to write something better than the last book.

  Tracy Kidder

  Book, Writing, Want

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