Books Quote by Pat Conroy

My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same…

— Ted Dekker

I wrote to explain my own life to myself, stories are the vessels I use to interpret the world to myself.

— Pat Conroy

“Don't just read, insert yourself into the story and experience the journey as if you were written into it! – Lynn Veevers”

— Lynn Veevers

A reason I became a writer was to escape the hopelessness and despair of the real world and enter the world of hope I…

— Ray Bradbury

I decided to write a book primarily because people talked me into it.

— Terry Bradshaw

I didn't really want to write something about my life story. I've kind of had a pretty smooth-sailing journey.

— Ellyse Perry

I became a writer out of the desire to express myself.

— Pankaj Kapur

I was the basest of readers. All I wanted was my own world, and myself in it, given back to me in artful shapes…

— Ian Mcewan

I felt like I had experienced a lot of things in the first chapter of my life, and I wanted it to inspire and…

— Common

The people who encouraged me weren't necessarily writers or readers themselves. They were people who were just pleased to see me devote my life…

— Pankaj Mishra

I wrote the book because I wanted to be able to share some things that I had learned and as pompous as that may…

— Goldie Hawn

I was like, 'I have to start writing for myself, to show people what I can do and what my point of view is.'

— Kay Cannon