Deathbed Quote by Hugh Leonard

My father was a screenwriter, but he was also a novelist.

— Sadie Jones

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

— Anne Waldman

When I was really young, Dad wasn't that well known. I don't remember when I realised he was a writer, but I do remember…

— Rhianna Pratchett

Graham Greene at 82 years old was still writing, and I don't think anyone can deny the force, the expertise, and the unique quality…

— William Golding

The writer in my dad is someone whom I've been inspired greatly by since my childhood.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

Lawrence Millman is a favorite writer of mine. He did a travels on the trail of the Vikings.

— John Gimlette

Paul [ Burwell] and I had also got interested in making books. We'd been working with Bob Cobbing, the sound poet, since the beginning…

— David Toop

I write heavily under the influence of James Taylor.

— Carole King

My father mainly liked writers. His friends were writers. He wanted to find the writing. That was his main frustration I think.

— Stephen Humphrey Bogart

My father was a journalist.

— Daniel Snyder

He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a hero.

— Mandy Patinkin

My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter…

— Michael Easton