Ambitious Quote by H. W. Brands

I started to write in 2001. I wrote the books for the fun of it. It was an old idea I had had since…

— Anonymous

I had an insanely long commute - New York to D.C. - when I worked at 'National Geographic.' I hate to waste time, so…

— Charles M. Blow

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

— J. A. Jance

I'm not looking to write the great American novel, win a Pulitzer or teach history. I write to entertain my readers.

— Dorothy Garlock

At thirty-five, having spent over twenty years running varied businesses for my family, I decided to sit down and write my first novel. I…

— Ashwin Sanghi

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel.

— Anne Waldman

My interest in writing about American history stemmed originally, I think, from a subconscious desire to find roots - I felt like a girl…

— Jean Fritz

I wanted to write history rather than participate in it.

— Samir Nasri

I wrote the first draft of my first novel at Michigan, and then I wrote the first draft of 'Salvage the Bones' at Stanford.…

— Jesmyn Ward

I lived in Boston for three years, and during that time, I wrote my first collection of stories, 'What the World Will Look Like…

— Laura van den Berg

My memoirs were written, and a portion of them already in the hands of the publishers, when the startling news came which has thrilled…

— Belle Boyd

I was given the opportunity to write the kind of book that I wanted to write, rather than one that catalogues where I sang…

— Jessye Norman