Books Quote by S. E. Hinton

“I saw Nyx in the pages, and wrote until I set her free ;)”

— John Patrick Kennedy

Every book in here I wrote, Some I'm not too proud of some I wish I could burn, So many pages I wrote, wish…

— Frank Ocean

Originally I was going to write a fashion style guide, but then my publishers suggested I write a novel instead.

— Tinsley Mortimer

Then somebody suggested I should write about the war, and I said I didn't know anything about the war. I did not understand anything…

— Martha Gellhorn

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and…

— Julia Cameron

My agent, Jeff Andrews, suggested I write a book. For some reason. he doesn't like it when I'm not doing anything.

— Colin Mochrie

When I wrote 'Savage Season,' it was three years later before I wrote the second Hap and Leonard novel. Whenever I wrote one, I…

— Joe R. Lansdale

Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second…

— Len Deighton

I wrote 'On Second Thought' in five minutes in the back of my bus going through Montana.

— Eddie Rabbitt

As soon as I finished the first book, I wrote a second, which I hope to sell this year, and I have just about…

— Richard Helms

I was about 13, in some ways, when I wrote the first book. Approximately 18 when I wrote the second.

— Jonathan Franzen

Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.

— Jennifer Egan