Books Quote by Alexander Chee

I wanted to create something that people could relate to without having read a book about it beforehand.

— Cindy Sherman

I started writing 'Normal People' not knowing that anyone would read it, not knowing that anyone would read the first book, so I didn't…

— Sally Rooney

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

My reading as a child was lazy and cowardly, and it is yet. I was afraid of encountering, in a book, something I didn't…

— John Updike

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

— Markus Zusak

When I was young, I didn't like to read. I would have much rather been outside doing something than been inside reading about it.

— Tony Dungy

I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.

— Karan Mahajan

I couldn't pay attention to a novel; I'd get three pages in and couldn't remember what it was about.

— Adriano Zumbo

I never want to feel constrained by writing a novel for a specific audience.

— Christina Baker Kline

I've always wanted to write a book. And it turned out that it was more about finding a story that I felt I was…

— Hank Green

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.

— Billy Bob Thornton