Awe Quote by Charlaine Harris

To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was only 25…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

“I started with a book, and that led me to a library, and that led me everywhere.”

— Terry Pratchett

“I am not usually such a sluggard," he said, as we walked quickly along the street, "but yesterday evening I got a novel. I…

— R. Austin Freeman

I started with the book 'Boardwalk Empire' and then immersed myself in the history of Atlantic City, World War I, the temperance movement, Prohibition,…

— Terence Winter

By the end of the book, it is quite different than the way you thought it would be when you started the book -…

— Jane Jacobs

It wasn't until after college that I started writing. I had just applied randomly for jobs in the media and got one on a…

— Sophie Kinsella

Many writers do write about their families and their immediate loved ones and love experiences, either as children or as adults. And very often…

— Anne Roiphe

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter…

— Rick Riordan

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.

— Marianne Williamson

“Writers write like readers and read like writers.”

— Laura Hamilton

I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.

— Gloria Steinem

“Honestly,” he says, “I judge writers on how they write queries. If you’re a good writer, you’re a good writer.” And if not, then…

— Keith Gessen