Books Quote by Rob Thomas Download Open image “I started my career as a novelist. 'Veronica Mars' was first imagined as a novel.” — Rob Thomas ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Career First Imagined Mars Novel Novelist Started Veronica Veronica mars
Before 'Veronica Mars,' I was not, and probably am still not, much of a crime reader. My mom left out a copy of 'Helter… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
I was inspired to become a writer by horror movies and science fiction. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get… — A. E. van Vogt Copy Share Image
I was a novelist before I was a TV screenwriter. Actually, as a kid, I think I'd always wanted to be a writer, but… — Ben Richards Copy Share Image
The key thing in my becoming a writer was going on a Arvon Foundation residential writing course. I took with me a really messy… — Maggie O'Farrell Copy Share Image
I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
… Our lives are made in these small hours, these little wonders, these twists & turns of fate. Time falls away, but these small… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
People think that we're crazy because we do six nights a week. I would physically not be able to take it, especially when you… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
Teenage years are hard. And, having taught high school for a number of years, I think they're particularly hard on teenage girls. The most… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
Reading 'Youth in Revolt' might have ruined my career because suddenly I wanted to abandon all the emotional truth of something and just go… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
“And she’d also found Logan again. Now he was her … what? New-old boyfriend? Lover? Skype buddy? Pen pal with benefits? Whatever his title,… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
One reason I relate to 'Veronica Mars' fans is because I can totally geek out about shows. I mean, I write Vince Gilligan fan… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
It's funny: I always, as a high school teacher and particularly as a high school yearbook teacher, because yearbook staffs are 90 percent female,… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
“Ah, the twin pillars of outrage journalism: slut shaming and victim blaming.” — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
I've had the pleasure of working closely with Marc Von Em as a singer, but when I heard his original stuff, I asked him… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
I could not finance a movie on my own. Frankly, I could not even afford to take a year off. I, like most people… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
