Book Quote by Sara Zarr

There were about ten years of trying, failing, trying again, suffering rejection, etc. My first published book, 'Story of a Girl', was the fourth…

— Sara Zarr

My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.

— Tao Lin

My first book was the book that changed my life.

— Stephen Ambrose

I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11

— Sara Paretsky

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

My first book was an open letter to my three daughters.

— Carol Burnett

I only published my first novel at the age of 40. Till then, I wrote short stories.

— A. B. Yehoshua

Well I've written four beauty books as well.

— Joan Collins

My first book was a historical novel. I started writing in 1974. In those days, historical novels meant ladies with swelling bosoms on the…

— Hilary Mantel

I was incredibly determined - I wrote short stories, I wrote the beginnings of novels. I wrote a little children's book and sent it…

— Candace Bushnell

Actually my first eight books were historical novels, but they were never published

— Caroline B. Cooney

The first book was my first attempt at writing full-length prose.

— Neil Simon