Fiction Quote by Anna Quindlen

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.

— Hannah Kent

I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are no short…

— Rachel Kushner

It's hard to make a living as a novelist. My first novel 'Tapping the Source' made quite a splash in Hollywood, and people started…

— Kem Nunn

I love to write. I write everything across the board - kids' stories and novels and scripts. I actually would like to give that…

— Evangeline Lilly

I want to write novels. I want to write stories. I want to do the stuff that I became a writer to do.

— Salman Rushdie

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it's hard…

— Hooman Majd

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had…

— James Rollins

To become a novelist, the most crucial thing one must do is read, read and read again - gradually you begin to think like…

— Avi

I wrote four novels, but then I realized that the world didn't need me to be a novelist, but the world could use me…

— David Quammen

I wanted to be a novelist for so long.

— Alice Sebold

I always wanted to be a writer! But I wanted to do other things, too - be a psychologist, a librarian, et cetera. Now…

— Helen Oyeyemi