Books Quote by Alice Munro

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories.

— Jess Walter

I think that, as a writer, while it's your job to construct stories, you have to navigate your way through them with your heart.

— Abi Morgan

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

I started writing stories in my spare time.

— Ken Follett

Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life.

— Ray Bradbury

When I was a kid, growing up, I used to write a lot of stories.

— Eoin Macken

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

— Peter Heller

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

— Tanith Lee

The writing itself is the thing that generates stories for me.

— Alice McDermott

Usually, I have a lot of acquaintance with the story before I start writing it. When I didn't have regular time to give to…

— Alice Munro

I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.

— Judy Blume

The ideas for stories that thronged my brain would not let me rest till I had got rid of them by writing them.

— W. Somerset Maugham