Accomplishment Quote by Owen King

I became a reader - never mind a writer - because of Stephen King.

— Paul G. Tremblay

I'm not a dedicated writer in the sense of Stephen King.

— Clive Cussler

Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I'd written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12.

— Mick Garris

You may be surprised to know that growing up, I wanted to be a writer of children's books.

— St. Lucia

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

— Kate Morton

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid,

— Carl Hiaasen

I'd wanted to be a writer since I was knee-high. Once I knew that books were written by people and didn't just happen, it…

— Jon Spaihts

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime

— Anne McCaffrey

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

— Nelson DeMille

If I hadn't been able to get my first book published, I am not sure what I would have done.

— Sara Sheridan

I had written a book. For various reasons, the publishing industry had decided that my book was going to be 'important.' The novel had…

— Akhil Sharma