Books Quote by Adriana Trigiani

The reason I start a novel is because there's something that excites me and I want to explore it.

— Ned Beauman

Often, the fact that I haven't done something as a writer is all the reason I need to try it.

— Jess Walter

I write the kinds of novels I like to read, where the setting is rendered with love and care.

— Elizabeth George

There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's the best…

— Willow Smith

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

I start writing when I overcome my disgust with literature.

— Danilo Kis

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up…

— David Macaulay

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child

I suppose I have written novels to find out what I thought about something and poems to find out what I felt about something.

— May Sarton

One of the epiphanies I had was that I got into publishing because I love literature.

— Chris Pavone

When I'm writing a novel, I'm usually just trying to write about things that are interesting to me.

— Ruth Ozeki

I love fiction and read novels constantly.

— Michael Imperioli