Absolutely Quote by Jill Davis

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.

— Neil Simon

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.

— Tao Lin

Books were my first love.

— Maisie Peters

My first book was the book that changed my life.

— Stephen Ambrose

I'm such a first-person writer.

— Laura van den Berg

The first book was a life story that I was hesitant to write anyway because I didn't feel like I had a real life…

— Bobby Bones

I've always loved reading, and as a child I used to try desperately to write books like the ones I read.

— Tom Fletcher

The book is first and foremost something I made for myself.

— Tim Ferriss

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

Most people's first books are their best anyways. It's the one they wanted most to write.

— Josephine Tey

I definitely thought the first book was going to be a one-off. I never thought I'd even write a book, not ever having aspired…

— Viv Albertine