First Novel Quotes

87 First Novel quotes by 83 unique authors

Naturally, you don't sit down in "white hot inspiration" and write with a burning flame in front of you. But since I knew I could… — Harper Lee
The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in writing… — Khaled Hosseini
Being a novelist and being a mother have exactly coincided in my life: the call from my agent saying that I had a contract for… — Barbara Kingsolver
Alice Adams wrote a sweet note to me after my first novel came out when I was 26, and I was so blown away that… — Anne Lamott
People have asked me why I made the first chapter of my first novel so long, and in an invented English. The only answer I… — Alan Moore
It's true that at the time I was fond of Kurt Vonnegut and Richard Brautigan, and it was from them that I learned about this… — Haruki Murakami
I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it. — Toni Morrison
When I was very little, four or five, I did comic strip drawings, so my first novel had no words. I couldn't write and thought… — Joyce Carol Oates
My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when I… — Salman Rushdie
My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith
I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old. — Danielle Steel
When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant, incisive and in… — Robin McKinley
I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I was tempted to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
It has been well said that an author who expects results from a first novel is in a position similar to that of a man… — P.G. Wodehouse
At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I had… — Ashwin Sanghi
The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and,… — Dinaw Mengestu
I have used Lenovo since I wrote my first novel. My old laptop broke, so I bought a new one, but still a Lenovo. It… — Okky Madasari
I wrote my first novel in the same conditions as most first novelists - I had a full-time job, I shared an apartment, I had… — Jonathan Dee
My first job was to run a concessions cart. Later, I found a position at the Pacific Film Archive. Thus began a long series of… — Mona Simpson
My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way. — Donald McKay

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