Age Quote by Nina Bawden

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

I used to feel for years and years and years that I was very remiss not to have written a novel and I would…

— Alice Munro

I think my writing process changes as I gain more life experience... It has taken me many years to be able to write a…

— Kathleen Winter

One of the wonderful things about being a writer is that you're constantly dredging up some arcane knowledge or long-forgotten experience, rediscovering old passions…

— Christina Baker Kline

One of the things you get to do as a writer is that you get to learn new stuff all the time, and I…

— Justin Cronin

I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough.

— Diana Gabaldon

There's something peculiar about writing fiction. It requires an interesting balance between seeing the world as a child and having the wisdom of a…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing…

— Danielle Trussoni

One of the gifts of being a writer is that it gives you an excuse to do things, to go places and explore. Another…

— Anne Lamott

Over the years, I had something in principle against autobiographical writing altogether because memory plays tricks on us, and we also tend to reinvent…

— Gunter Grass

Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.

— Salman Rushdie

The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is…

— George R. R. Martin