Driven Quote by Jean M. Auel

For years and years I thought that stories were just practice, till I got time to write a novel,

— Alice Munro

The writing itself is the thing that generates stories for me.

— Alice McDermott

I've always wanted to write a book. And it turned out that it was more about finding a story that I felt I was…

— Hank Green

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian

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 started writing stories in my spare time.

— Ken Follett

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

I always had stories inside my head and one day I just decided to start writing them down. I didn't actually decide.

— Judy Blume

It would appear that I just love writing many different stories.

— Sarah Pinborough

I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing.

— Natalie Dormer

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

— E. L. Doctorow

When I'm feeling frustrated with a story, I have faith that it's going to come. Also, when I first started writing, I wanted to…

— Jacqueline Woodson