Book Quote by Kate DiCamillo

At a certain moment, I decided to write a story. I had no more small children to tell them stories.

— Umberto Eco

I have written stories since I was a child.

— Rachel Joyce

And then afterwards I worked in advertising for a year which taught me about writing even when you don't want to (laughter) because there's…

— Nicholas Stoller

When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

— Nick Flynn

I wrote a lot as a child. I had an insane imagination.

— Emma Corrin

My father had an invisible job outside of the house; I didn't know what he did. But my kids were privy to the ups…

— Paul Theroux

I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I'm not sorry I threw…

— Doris Lessing

I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old…

— Brian Jacques

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

I labored for eight years thinking I was writing a book for adults that was a nostalgic look back on childhood. Then my publisher…

— Jeff Kinney

I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.

— J. K. Rowling

People had been writing to me and saying, "Can you write something for children?" I felt I couldn't quite do it myself because I…

— Eckhart Tolle