Books Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

I started a novel in the back of a notebook, and it was great because it looked like I was taking notes. And I…

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Toni Morrison

When I was growing up, I didn't feel strong. I felt weak. I felt like a scared little kid. So I naturally turned to…

— Sabaa Tahir

I was very influenced by The Magic Mountain. It's a book that had a huge impact on me. I loved that as a shape…

— Ann Patchett

Probably every book I read influenced me in some small way. Authors like Jan Westcott, Kathleen Winsor, Catherine Cookson, Georgette Heyer, and even Barbara…

— Virginia Henley

I am obsessed with story. I had a late awakening in life. In college was the first time that I understood what you could…

— Shane Carruth

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

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly…

— Stef Penney

When I was in my teens, I was very, very keen on being the author of a book. What the book was was secondary.…

— Tom Stoppard

The book I always say that influenced me, subconsciously, because at the time I didn't know I wanted to be a writer, was William…

— Harlan Coben

It wasn't until I was in my teens that I started admiring writers as inspirations for my own work, and my earliest influences there…

— Kelley Armstrong

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