Adolescence Quote by John Irving

'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.

— Felicity Jones

Great Expectations' is one of the greatest stories.

— Jeremy Irvine

I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had…

— Akhil Sharma

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my…

— Diane Setterfield

Today I began the novel that I determined to be great.

— Zane Grey

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

— James Salter

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

Publishing a novel was such a proud thing for me. When I was a kid, I used to say to my mum and dad,…

— David Thewlis

I was encouraged to be imaginative and read, and it was a great childhood for a budding writer because I had the time and…

— Sarah Waters

In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety.

— Julian Barnes

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a…

— Dorothy Fields

'Wild at Heart' created a set of expectations maybe, partly, on my part, certainly on my publisher's part, but also in the world out…

— John Eldredge