Book Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

It's not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family.…

— Jonathan Franzen

However, please allow me to say that the fundamental style of my writing has been to start from my personal matters and then to…

— Kenzaburo Oe

Each of my books is different. Deliberately... I wanted to create my society, my people, in their fullness.

— Chinua Achebe

A lot of my writing is basically about observation, and things that I've seen, either through personal experiences or the experiences of people around…

— John Trudell

My books are all relationship-focused, so much of my inspiration comes from my own relationships and the issues and concerns that arise among my…

— Emily Giffin

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

— Jerzy Kosinski

Looking back, I see that I write books about brothers and sisters, about what makes up a family, what works and what is nurturing.

— Patricia MacLachlan

To some degree, I consider myself a writer, and so I have a strong relationship with literature.

— Lee Ranaldo

The connection that I have with my readers makes me very happy, and gives meaning to the strange profession of writing

— Isabel Allende

I'm not the sort of writer who can walk into a party and take a look around, see who's sleeping with whom and go…

— E. L. Doctorow

Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.

— Samuel Butler