Felt Quote by Gwendolyn Brooks

Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the…

— Nicole Krauss

Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally…

— Janet Evanovich

Sometimes, in my published complaints about not being a writer, I have recalled the prospect - the yearning to be a writer - as…

— Shirley Geok-lin Lim

I always felt that I was a writer, that was what I had to do.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black

Before I published anything, I dreamed of publication, but I didn't actually write for it. I imagined that writing for an audience was something…

— Ariel Gore

Writing is the hardest thing I know, but it was the only thing I wanted to do. I wrote for 20 years and published…

— Kent Haruf

I've found a bit of success in my career, and I'm very relieved by it, but the success that comes after a book is…

— Lauren Grodstein

I am an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I love best in the world. I'm sure that I will always be a writer. It…

— J K Rowling

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my…

— Diane Setterfield

It's my belief that I was a writer - a very hardworking writer - well before I was published. I did care what others…

— Min Jin Lee