Big Quote by Colson Whitehead

I am re-reading Henry James as a change from history. I began with Daisy Miller, and I've just finished Washington Square. What a brilliant,…

— Antonia Fraser

It would have been very easy to drift into writing a non-fiction book so by taking it away from Nottingham I forced myself to…

— Jon McGregor

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

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.

— Neil Simon

Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.

— Zane Grey

Fantasy novels, I don't really gravitate to that part of the bookstore.

— Peter Dinklage

I knew the basic outline of the novel [The Dissemblers] and would write whatever scene of the book I felt particularly excited about at…

— Liza Campbell

When I started writing, I just hoped for a nice little paperback series.

— Clive Cussler

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.…

— Benjamin Franklin

'The Stand' was great. Adapted by Stephen King from his massive book.

— Miguel Ferrer

The book is first and foremost something I made for myself.

— Tim Ferriss

There are books that inspired me the first time round and re-reading them just reignites that.

— Edith Bowman