I wrote my first book without being to Ethiopia since I…

The United States and Ethiopia have years of strong partnership, based on a recognition that we need each other.

— Tom Malinowski

My parents never referenced Ethiopia that much, largely because of the circumstances under which we left. We left during a time of political upheaval,…

— Dinaw Mengestu

I couldn't be more American if I tried. I was born in Ethiopia, but I was raised and educated as an American.

— Dinaw Mengestu

My father died of brain cancer in 1991. I do not know anyone whose life has not been touched by the loss of a…

— Alicia Coppola

I wrote my first book in a toilet in a factory where I was a floor sweeper.

— Geoff Thompson

If I ever wrote a book, people would never believe it.

— Dick Dale

I wrote my book 'The Amorous Busboy Of Decatur Avenue' completely like a writer does, writing it down, re-writing everything. But in my stand-up,…

— Robert Klein

I like the idea that when a guy comes over to the house, I get to say I wrote the book.

— Greg Behrendt

My mother had died when I wrote my first book. I was twenty-seven, so it was right at the beginning of my writing life.…

— Anne Roiphe

Whatever a writer gets paid for his book, it's never enough. I think that's true. It's hard work. But in the end, you wrote…

— Jim Gaffigan

I wrote my first book at 20, but my whole focus from about the age of 12 was to be a writer.

— John Boyne

When I wrote the book, I thought that I was the hero of my story. And in writing it, I came to realize over…

— Trevor Noah

Wrote the book on pain.

— Shinedown

I guess if I wrote a book one day, it would be about hair

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus

“I stopped writing the book that I wanted to write, and wrote the one the book wanted to write.”

— Jim Lewis