Accident Quote by Jack Monroe

I used to write cookbooks. It was passion to try to bring healthy and fun recipes to people's homes. It was a way to…

— Wolfgang Puck

I had been blogging for a few years when Jonah Straus, my now-literary agent, reached out to see if I'd consider writing a cookbook.…

— Molly Yeh

And one of the reasons that I wrote the cook books was so that I could be at home more than being on the…

— Trisha Yearwood

When I first started writing cookbooks, I remember thinking to myself, what makes me think I can write a cookbook? There are these great…

— Ina Garten

I didn't finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldn't work and I didn't have any money,…

— Denis Johnson

When I wrote 'Fast Food My Way' in 2004, I hoped that my friends would prepare my recipes. Now, more people cook from that…

— Jacques Pepin

I didn't originally intend on writing a book. I started writing during the day to feel like I was accomplishing something creative.

— Rachel Dratch

I didnt finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldnt work and I didnt have any money,…

— Denis Johnson

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

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

I always wanted to write. But honestly I'm glad I didn't do it back when I was twenty-five or so, when it's now clear…

— Chris Pavone

I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed.

— Steve Toltz