Grapes Quote by John Steinbeck

I wrote for 10 years before I even started the 'Percy Jackson' series.

— Rick Riordan

“In the souls of the people The Grapes of Wrath are Filling and Growing Heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." Happy 112th Birthday John…

— John Steinbeck

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

— J. A. Jance

Louis Brandeis really inspired me to write this book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet]. It was a crazy deadline. The editor said I'd miss…

— Jeffrey Rosen

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

— Octavia E. Butler

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

— Natalie Dormer

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

— Alistair Maclean

I was born in the era of the novel. I've written many, as well as collections of poetry, and essays for mouthing off. I've…

— Julianna Baggott

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

Well - I started writing - probably in the early 60s and by say '65-'66 I had read most of the poetry that had…

— Robert Adamson

I was writing novels at eight. It was a science fiction epic, which went by the unimprovable title of 'Another Kind of Warrior.' I'd…

— Neil Cross

I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a passionate desire to communicate,…

— James A. Michener