Book Quote by Khaled Hosseini

The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a romance in…

— Khaled Hosseini

It was disconcerting for the novel to seem so different when I re-read it. Of course we are a different person each time we…

— Ramona Koval

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

You can't write the same book twice. Though I've been in historical musical situations, I can't go back and do that again. And though…

— Max Roach

Reading the final copy of my book was like walking down memory lane all over again. Sure, the writing process was emotional, but when…

— Gigi Gorgeous

I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book…

— Jennifer Chiaverini

“But a good novel is first of all an event; as distinguished from the continuous rush of many sensations and the messy overlapping experiences…

— Anonymous

My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.

— James Thayer

In my twenties, it was so important for me to show people I had all these other books and these other sorts of writing…

— Evelyn Lau

The first book was a life story that I was hesitant to write anyway because I didn't feel like I had a real life…

— Bobby Bones

I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.

— Ruta Sepetys

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