About Quote by Robert Harris

Usually I read biographies of interesting people. I am not attracted to novels - make-believe, or recreations of what people think life should be.

— Lee Kuan Yew

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

— Lincoln Child

You give me the kind of feeling people write novels about.

— Obviously Me :p

I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I like the idea of being a novelist. I picture myself on the coast, the wind in my hair, horses galloping around me as…

— Sara Cox

I write what I can. I think being able to write like Michael Connelly and have a character that goes from novel to novel,…

— Henry Rollins

People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale,…

— Dan Chaon

Writers interest me for their style, their obsessions, the ways in which they approach the world.

— Amitava Kumar

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

— Monica Johnson

I'm always fascinated by why a person becomes a writer.

— Adriana Trigiani

I tend to really enjoy being swept up in fiction. I love a good story and I admire fiction authors.

— Augusten Burroughs

Maybe someone's who's a different kind of writer [would think otherwise] - someone who'd be just as comfortable writing essays on what their novels…

— Chang-Rae Lee