Able Quote by Mandy Moore

I'm very interested in how we take ownership of our own stories and our own lives.

— Derren Brown

I have idea files of books that I want to write one of these days, stories I want to write one of these days,…

— George R. R. Martin

I want to write a best-selling book.

— Diane Abbott

My book sales make 'real writers' possible.

— Jennifer Weiner

As soon as I finish a book, I sell the paperback rights to different publishers and that's where I recoup my money.

— Buchi Emecheta

It might be more difficult because you haven't got a book or a prop, but for the most part I like to write unpaid...…

— Peter Morgan

Many writers will get a contract by selling chapters and outlines or something like that. I wrote the entire novel, and when it was…

— George R. R. Martin

For many writers, selling a book is the ultimate dream.

— Rebecca Serle

If you have sold the film rights to somebody, take your money and leave. If the producers need you, they will call you. But…

— Ravi Subramanian

I want to write novels. I want to write stories. I want to do the stuff that I became a writer to do.

— Salman Rushdie

I just want to be a free writer. I think I am serving my country and my people by providing an independent narrative.

— Jamal Khashoggi

I have a lot of books I want to write.

— Douglas Brinkley