Appeals Quote by Mark O'Donnell

I put my soul into every book I write.

— Wilbur Smith

Few of us write great novels; all of us live them.

— Mignon McLaughlin

I hope and pray that I'll be one of those fortunate people who have many, many books to write. I don't begrudge writing. I…

— Hisham Matar

As a reader, I try to love all the literary forms equally, but I probably read novels most often.

— Sally Rooney

As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their…

— Sylvia Day

I like very much to read novels. I like very much some writers.

— Maurizio Sarri

If you're a writer, you want to get your soul out there, where people can look at it.

— Jeremy Larner

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

I love fiction and read novels constantly.

— Michael Imperioli

I love to read. And right now I'm on my last hundred pages of 'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen, and I really enjoyed it.…

— Candice Accola

I enjoy it too much - even if I knew I'd never get a book published, I would still write. I enjoy the experience…

— Iain Banks

I think novels just really show us the deepest parts of people's hearts, and you cannot walk away anymore and say, "I don't know."

— Edwidge Danticat