Book Quote by Kate Morton

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

— Sara Sheridan

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

— James D. Watson

Probably not needing to be published would give me more time to think about a book.

— Kate Atkinson

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

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may…

— Goldie Hawn

I never anticipated that I would be writing a book and never anticipated that people would want to read it and it'd be successful.

— Jay Blades

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

— Toni Morrison

Once I decided to write, to be published, I knew it would happen.

— Augusten Burroughs

I hoped to be able to write a novel which would enable me to live on it while I wrote the next.

— Harper Lee

Getting a book published made me feel a little bit sad... I felt driven by the need to write a book, rather than the…

— Nicole Krauss

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 always grew up with the idea that in order to be a successful writer, I should have a book published.

— Leandra Medine