Books Quote by Gregory David Roberts

It wasn't a decision to become a writer. I wanted to become a writer of crime fiction. I was very specific.

— Michael Connelly

When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel.

— William Nicholson

A lot of novels use crime as a stepping stone to talk about greater issues. So I just think of myself as a writer.

— Karin Slaughter

I had to decide if I wanted to be known as a writer or a reader. I chose writer.

— Nathan Lowell

I learned to write crime novels by reading people I hoped to emulate: people like James Lee Burke, Lawrence Block, Joseph Wambaugh, and Sue…

— Michael Connelly

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 think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think,…

— Ron Rash

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

— Toni Morrison

I never know as a writer when I set out into a novel where it's going to take me.

— Kim Edwards

I'm always accused of being a crime novelist, but I'm not really.

— Lisa Lutz

In everything I've written, the crime has always just been an occasion to write about other things. I don't have a picture of myself…

— Peter Temple

I can't say that I ever actually decided to become a writer. It kind of snuck up on me.

— William Landay