Book Quote by Mike Flanagan

My gravity is always towards original material but 'Gerald's Game,' I read it when I was nineteen years old, I got to the end…

— Mike Flanagan

I have been an avid reader since my youth. Because I also liked to play tabletop games, I soon felt the desire to make…

— Klaus Teuber

The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William…

— Harlan Coben

I embellished many details about my past experiences, and altered others in order to serve what I felt was the greater purpose of the…

— James Frey

When I was growing up, I didn't feel strong. I felt weak. I felt like a scared little kid. So I naturally turned to…

— Sabaa Tahir

I made a conscious decision when I was writing that book to depict in real time how I treated it, and how I thought…

— Melissa Febos

Storybooks were always a big part of my imagination, and my childhood and adolescence.

— Jesse Williams

When I was growing up, I remember having read all the books in the library. I often tried to emulate my favourite writers.

— Ruskin Bond

I picked up 'The Hunger Games' thinking it was written at my regressed reading level. I've spent hours reading it, and I'm not even…

— Nate Ruess

I think you get so wrapped up in the book you're currently writing, it's hard to think about anything else. But I know as…

— Meg Cabot

I was heavily influenced by my first attempt at a novel. I started a fantasy novel back in high school, and... well... it really…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.

— Rick Perlstein