Born Quote by Patricia MacLachlan

I was born in the era of the novel. I've written many, as well as collections of poetry, and essays for mouthing off. I've…

— Julianna Baggott

I was a writer since I was a little kid. It just always sort of fit for me.

— Brian Bird

Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything.

— Ivana Trump

I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose.

— Jim Harrison

When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the…

— Mark Haddon

There are definitely parts of me in most of the protagonists I write, but I find a bit of distance can be useful, so…

— John K. Samson

I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my…

— Jenny Offill

I love writing fiction - you can take just what you want from a place, and leave the rest.

— Kate Grenville

I write about kids growing up, I write a lot about schools and parents, and all of my experiences with those things have been…

— Tom Perrotta

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

I began to write in the first place because I expected everything to change, and I wanted to have things in writing the way…

— William Saroyan

When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked, it needed…

— Mark Haddon