Book Quote by Dan Brown

I never wanted to write a book, and people have asked me for years to do it.

— Billy Bob Thornton

“It seems important to me that beginning writers ponder this—that since 1964, I have never had a book, story or poem rejected that was…

— Joseph Hansen

It took me 40 years to write my first book.

— Paulo Coelho

My books are based on the "what if" principle. "What if you became invisible?" or "What if you did change into your mother for…

— Mary Rodgers

I thought when I started writing that I'd have a book out in four or five years, and as it became apparent that that…

— Ben Fountain

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

— Markus Zusak

My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way.

— Donald McKay

I've been writing since I was six years old. It's hard to imagine stopping. I would hate to think that I've already written my…

— Don Winslow

I haven't done a book for about 3 or 4 years now.

— Gerald Scarfe

I wouldn't mind writing a long book which is going to occupy me for the rest of my life.

— Philip Roth

I am inclined to think that as I grow older I will come to be infatuated with the art of revision, and there may…

— Joyce Carol Oates

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…

— Ashwin Sanghi