Books Quote by Naomi Alderman Download Open image “When I was 19, I wrote a novel, which was not very good, but I finished it.” — Naomi Alderman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Finished Good Novel Very Which
I finished my first novel - it was around 300 pages long - when I was 16. Wrote one more before I got out of high school, then wrote the first Lincoln Perry novel when I was 19. It didn't sell, but I liked the character and I knew the world so I tried what was, in my mind, a… — Michael Koryta Copy Share
When I was fifteen I wrote seven hundred pages of an incredibly bad novel - it's a very funny book I still like a… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since. — Sue Grafton Copy Share Image
I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough. — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
When I was 19 years old, I wrote my first book. I took a computer science class, and the book was garbage. I thought… — Jim McKelvey Copy Share Image
Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
I first tried a novel when I was 14. First finished one when I was 16. First started working on stuff that had a… — Harry Turtledove Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was twenty, and my first book came out seventeen years later. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
“Gender is a shell game. What is a man? Whatever a woman isn't. What is a woman? Whatever a man is not. Tap on… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Our culture tends to denigrate things that are associated with women. It's OK for women to wear trousers, for example, but not OK for… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I was there on 9/11. I watched the towers falling from my office window, at which point I decided I would give up my… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
The value of the arts cannot be measured by its ability to preserve life but rather to enhance existence. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Our body is there right now. You did not have to earn a thing. It is a gift. You are a hero every time… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
We all know that the desire for perfection can get in the way of authenticity and enjoyment; it's the same with games. There's a… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
Games don't cause racism. But the real-time chat makes nasty comments hard to moderate and easy to spread. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“She had been here for the protests three years earlier; yes, she had held up her banner and shouted and signed her petitions. “It… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I've always had a real interest in the way that science fiction can portray a world that could be different to our world, which… — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
