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I would never never read a work of fiction and want to know about the person's life.

— Jamaica Kincaid

I don't think of myself as a mystery or thriller writer, honestly. I am in awe of mystery writers and don't think I have…

— Celeste Ng

There are some varieties of fiction that I never touch - mystery stories, for instance, which I abhor, and historical novels. I also detest…

— Vladimir Nabokov

I've never talked to anyone writing a book on me. I've had so much written about me that is made up, usually something that…

— Warren Beatty

Nobody ever wrote a story for me. I told in every story what was really inside my gut, and it came out that way.…

— Jack Kirby

“Don't you think it would be interesting if you could read the story of your life - written perfectly truthfully by an omniscient author?”

— Jean Webster

Mysteries I read for fun, so I will probably never write one, for fear of spoiling the fun.

— Fred Saberhagen

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

— Noah Baumbach

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

— Gore Vidal

I loved all ghost stories. So I guess it was only a matter of time before I wrote one.

— Chris Bohjalian

[My early stories] are the work of a living writer whom I know in a sense, but can never meet.

— Elizabeth Bowen

The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that…

— Tana French