First Book Quotes

150 First Book quotes by 130 unique authors

The first book I fell in love with was 'Little Toot,' the story of an adorable tugboat operating out of New York Harbor. — Edward St Aubyn
When I was 16, the first book I ever actually purchased with my own money, in fact, and had read on my own time was… — Max Brooks
My first book is really about heat. That book, for me, was an exploration of heat as ingredient. Why we don't talk about heat as… — Alton Brown
I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because… — Amber Benson
My first book, 'Running Loose', was censored back in 1983 or '84. Every book I've written since has been censored somewhere. — Chris Crutcher
I sometimes wonder what would have happened if the first book had not sold... doesn't bear thinking about, but I suppose we'd have made it… — Bernard Cornwell
So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist.… — Lee Child
I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second. — Jonathan Franzen
I have written a few children's books. The first book that I wrote was for children. It was called "The Package", and it was a… — Laurie Anderson
The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it. — Rachel Gibson
Rescue Me' is the first book in a three-book series. Although, like all my series, the books are purposely written so that readers do not… — Rachel Gibson
The first book that really knocked me out was the 'Brothers Karamazov.' I read it when I was a senior in high school. — Robert Hass
The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church… — John McGahern
My first book was called 'Buried Dreams,' about a serial-killer, which was probably about ten years ahead of the serial-killer curve. It was a national… — Tim Cahill
Your first book already defines you, while you are really far from being defined. And this definition is something you may then carry with you… — Italo Calvino
I read my first book on Woodrow Wilson at age 15, and I was hooked. — A. Scott Berg
My first book, 'Fast Forward', was about growing up in the shadow of Hollywood and how kids are affected by the culture of materialism and… — Lauren Greenfield
One's first book, kiss, home run is always the best. — Clifton Fadiman
If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it. — Bertrand Russell
My first book took five years to write and I made $1,000 on it. The second took three years and I made $3,000. All this… — Judith Perelman Rossner

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