Always Quote by Ravi Subramanian

Id always been a big reader, and I loved books, and I always thought writing would be a great way to get by in…

— Donald Ray Pollock

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

Many, many people can write books. I just happen to be one of them.

— Michael Ian Black

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I…

— Rob Lowe

I never studied writing, but I'd always been a reader and had a secret fantasy about being a writer.

— Jon Krakauer

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

I've always been a writer. I hope to continue to write books until I can't anymore.

— Megan McCafferty

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing…

— PJ Harvey

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child

When I write, I tend to be quite cut off from the world. At that point of time, I'm not thinking about editors, publishers…

— Amish Tripathi

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater

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

— Kate Grenville