Actually Quote by Lois Lowry

I realized that my identity as a novelist was private. Only I knew how much of a novelist I was!

— Alexander Chee

There's the public self that we present to the outer world. There's the private self, which maybe takes more time to access. But ultimately,…

— Laura van den Berg

Results have nothing at all whatever to do with the private fun of being an author. There lies the answer to the problem which…

— J. E. Buckrose

About my books, that's all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private.

— Patrick O'Brian

One of the things that probably drew me to writing was that it was something you could get on with by yourself. Publishing means…

— Graham Swift

Writing the novel felt so private to me! I think publishing a novel is quite public and exposing, and what's a little frightening to…

— Garth Greenwell

It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.

— James Taylor

A public is a necessary fiction.

— Rowan Williams

People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men.

— Samuel Johnson

I can't ever think of writing a book or an autobiography. I'm a little private person.

— Randhir Kapoor

On the whole, you can have a private life and be famous. But when milestones happen in your life like having children or getting…

— Jo Brand

The story of my life has been of public interest, which is why I've been so passionate about having a private identity. When I…

— Emma Watson