Book Quote by Jodi Picoult

I always wanted to be a writer. In the beginning, I thought I had to rewrite 'Gone with the Wind,' but eventually, I found…

— Karin Slaughter

I don't think there was a particular book that made me want to write. They all did. I always wanted to write.

— Elizabeth Strout

From the moment I wrote 'Leaf Storm' I realized I wanted to be a writer and that nobody could stop me and that the…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

When 'The Shadow of the Wind' became a success I had already been a working writer, I'd been through the ups and downs, I'd…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Writers are voracious readers. Once I unlocked the mystery of the alphabet that led to words, a multitude of words connecting me to the…

— Gloria Naylor

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

Eventually, I realised that I wanted to try to create something myself, and that's what writing novels is. Not because I wanted to put…

— Chris Pavone

I never really wanted to write a book in the first place. Never intended to do such. I feel like I wasted a lot…

— Scarface

I've always wanted to have a book published - it was a dream of mine, but the thought of actually writing a book made…

— Ahmet Zappa

Id always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in…

— Donald Ray Pollock

Novels allow me to create a whole world.

— Ntozake Shange

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

— Toni Morrison