Books Quote by Daniel Handler

A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.

— Roger Ebert

Most people's first books are their best anyways. It's the one they wanted most to write.

— Josephine Tey

I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.

— Rainbow Rowell

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…

— Robin McKinley

“Every novel is brand-new. It’s never been written before in the history of the world. At the same time, it’s merely the latest in…

— Thomas C. Foster

I've never written a book before.

— Keith Emerson

People only become writers if they can't find the one book they've always wanted to read.

— Virginia Woolf

So my first book I had no experience having written a book, but each book is a little snapshot of who you are at…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess a lot…

— Jay McInerney

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

Last week I was just someone who had had a first novel published.

— Jon McGregor

I really absolutely loved writing my first book.

— Jill Davis