Book Quote by Karin Slaughter

I am hard-pressed to find a successful writer who doesn't have a similar story to mine - transformation through the public library.

— Karin Slaughter

I want to be an honest man and a good writer.

— Anonymous

Write the book you've always wanted to read, but can't find on the shelf.

— Maggie Stiefvater

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

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.

— James D. Watson

As a reader, I have always enjoyed 'ranty' books, but they are all written by men.

— Claire Messud

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me…

— Nell Freudenberger

A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat.

— Patricia T. O'Conner

There are a lot of people out there who will write books, in which everything turns out nicely and the bad guys lose, the…

— George R. R. Martin

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.

— John Searles

About a year after (my stories began being published), magazine editor George Scithers, suggested to me that since I was so new at being…

— Barry B. Longyear

I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.

— Charlaine Harris