Books Quote by Leslie Banks

I have my favorite authors, but in reality, my mother did. Though she's never written a book, she paved the way for me to.

— Franny Armstrong

What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said,…

— Patricia Reilly Giff

I really didnt intend to become an author, but I just happened to fall into it.

— Vikrant Parsai

I became a children's author by accident.

— Jerry Spinelli

I firmly believe as an author you have to go out in life and hear the stories of people. In pubs in the UK…

— Charles Todd

There were authors I read as an adult who completely inspired me. But when I was a teenager, I got to hang out with…

— Nick Hornby

The best thing about being an author is writing stories and having people - strangers all over the world - connect with them.

— Emily Giffin

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for…

— Jackie Collins

I think I became a writer because I didn't know of anything else to do. Maybe some incident from my childhood influenced me.

— Patrick Modiano

Now I'm not an author, I'm a writer, that's all I am.

— Mickey Spillane

I have a curious background for someone who turns out to be a writer.

— Jerry Spinelli

I never wanted to be a writer initially. It was not my thing, but I was an avid reader.

— Dustin Lance Black