About Quote by Kenneth Oppel

I was never a great reader, but there were two stories I loved best: Kipling's The Elephant's Child and The Jungle Book. Deep down,…

— Michael Morpurgo

For children: I'm writing a picture book about the Big Dipper and a novel about a cricket, a firefly and a vole. For grownups:…

— Kate DiCamillo

I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.

— Octavia E. Butler

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

— James Salter

I'm omnivorous in my tastes, fiction and non-fiction, always several books on the go, though I'll read a novel in a day or two.

— Anonymous

My first attraction to writing novels was the plot, that almost extinct animal. Those novels I read which made me want to be a…

— John Irving

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

I have a novel out, 'Lupus Rex,' that I wrote and am excited about that.

— John Carter Cash

Though The Kite Runner was my first completed novel, I had been writing on and off for most of my life, primarily short stories,…

— Khaled Hosseini

Im omnivorous in my tastes, fiction and non-fiction, always several books on the go, though Ill read a novel in a day or two.

— O.R. Melling

I really absolutely loved writing my first book.

— Jill Davis

The book that made me want to be a writer in the first place was Gone with the Wind - I read it and…

— Jodi Picoult