Book Quote by Michael Koryta

I was mainly in a state of nervousness while I wrote it - nervousness that it was far bigger and more complicated than anything…

— Jonathan Coe

I loved the material when I first read it, and the experience of making the film was a great one. So when we came…

— Keanu Reeves

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

The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

— Daniel Woodrell

After college, I was living in New York and wrote furiously, a huge novel that I knew was a failure. I hoped that the…

— Chang-Rae Lee

Writing a novel was completely awesome because parts of it could suck and I could throw them away. I didn't have to know the…

— Austin Grossman

I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find…

— Steven Pressfield

I was aware that there is an expectation that writers inevitably falter at this stage, that they fail to live up to the promise…

— David Guterson

I was never confident about finishing a book, but friends encouraged me. When I finished my first book, it was accepted by a publisher…

— Jackie Collins

My first novel was a critical success in a matter of weeks.

— Christine Leunens

I really absolutely loved writing my first book.

— Jill Davis

That was the - It was an exciting time because it was as though I was sort of tied up in a paper bag…

— Robert McCloskey