Always Quote by Elif Batuman

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

— Octavia E. Butler

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working hard on…

— William Finnegan

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly…

— Stef Penney

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

— Toni Morrison

I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of…

— E. O. Wilson

I've always wanted to write a book. And it turned out that it was more about finding a story that I felt I was…

— Hank Green

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

— James Salter

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid,

— Carl Hiaasen

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

— Jon Krakauer

I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than a few…

— Kurt Busiek