Alone Quote by Ellen Hopkins

Believe it or not, I sold my first novel, 'Crank,' with only seventy-five pages complete. It was in verse then, and it was hard-hitting…

— Ellen Hopkins

I definitely thought the first book was going to be a one-off. I never thought I'd even write a book, not ever having aspired…

— Viv Albertine

I was kind of relieved with the way the book [The Proud Highway] came out. It's beyond an autobiography or a biography. I never…

— Hunter S. Thompson

'The Lord of the Rings,' obviously, had a huge, huge impact on me. I read a lot of 'Hardy Boys,' also. I liked the…

— Blake Crouch

I can't pick out one single book that had such a profound personal impact.

— Louise Brown

When I wrote 'Lord of the Flies' - I had no idea it would even get published.

— William Golding

The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read it and…

— Jodi Picoult

I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had…

— Akhil Sharma

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of…

— Karen Thompson Walker

I cranked out a book. I didn't expect it to do much, but it's sold 80,000 copies.

— Anh Do

The first book was a life story that I was hesitant to write anyway because I didn't feel like I had a real life…

— Bobby Bones

I was a first-time writer, so I did as I was told. I hadn’t realized it (the original book) had survived, so was surprised…

— Harper Lee