Books Quote by Stephen King

“As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a writer.”

— James Hilton

If he wrote it, he could get rid of it. He had gotten rid of many things by writing them.

— Ernest Hemingway

“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he wrote simply…

— Andrew James Pritchard

“I had written all I was going to write, if the truth had been known, and there is nothing wrong with that. If more…

— Richard Ford

The existence of the writer is to write, and to write is to tell the truth.

— Azar Nafisi

“I write what I feel, fiction with a twist of truth. I don't write because I want to, I write because I have to.”

— Jack Tate

“If writers only wrote about things everybody knew, what the hell would be the point of writing?”

— Haruki Murakami

“Writing fiction is a way of expressing feelings and revealing a certain truth about life, goals, dreams and desires.”

— Ann Marie Aguilar

“What was the point of having a situation worthy of fiction if the protagonist didn't behave as he would have done in a book?”

— Julian Barnes

“He would write and write. He would make wonderful things happen. Some of it would be true. All of it would be true. Most…

— Kate DiCamillo

“He was back at the point of departure, at the place that filled writers with dread and excitement, for this was where they must…

— Felix J. Palma

“A good fiction writer can write any character or any story that she wants to write. The importance, IMO, is a burning desire to…

— Suzanne Brockmann