I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (whose mother died ten days after she was born) wrote a novel that anticipates Semmelweis's discovery and serves as… — Laura Mullen Copy Share Image
When I was 22 years old, I thought girls would like me if I wrote a novel. I spent so much time… — James Altucher Copy Share Image
I wrote a whole novel before The Beach. Unpublishable. Junk. But, for some reason I stuck at novels and wrote a second.… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
Newt Gingrich wrote a novel, and he's a short story. Bill Clinton wrote a biography, and he's a novel. — James McBride Copy Share Image
I wrote my first novel and my second novel in Chicago. It was the place where I became a writer. It's my… — John Green Copy Share Image
I wrote a novel for my degree, and I'm very happy I didn't submit that to a publisher. I sympathize with my… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has so much… — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
When I wrote my first serious novel, 'Interior', I was inspired by a 1978 book of Updike's, 'The Coup', which is set… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
“Someone once wrote that a novel should deliver a series of small astonishments. I get the same thing spending an hour with… — E. Lockhart Copy Share Image
I wrote my first novel in the same conditions as most first novelists - I had a full-time job, I shared an… — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
The reason I never wrote a novel is that I don't have what it takes to write characters, so they would all… — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
I've never put Northern Ireland into a novel because it's not my territory. I come from the South, so my imaginative territory… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
I wrote 'Don't Look Back' in November 2011, and when I wrote the novel, it wasn't contracted, so there was a freedom… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
When I write, I feel that I'm writing with my intellect. When I paint, I think it's some other force making me… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I've been the desperate writer before. I wrote a novel, and they paid me for it, and I've had those calls from… — Tom King Copy Share Image
While working on my first five books, I kept wishing I was writing a novel. I thought until you wrote a novel,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I had a strong propensity, which I still have, to be invisible. In grade school, I'd try to disappear and become formless.… — Amanda Plummer Copy Share Image
