Books Quote by Sue Grafton

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

— Caroline B. Cooney

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

I don't know how many good books I still have in me; I hope there are another four or five.

— Haruki Murakami

I didn't get anything published until I was thirty-three, and yet I'd written five novels and six or seven plays. The plays, I should…

— Edmund White

There are stories still in existence that I wrote when I was five. However, I did not get published until I was seven.

— Tom Robbins

Well I've written four beauty books as well.

— Joan Collins

I was four when I announced my ambition to write, eight when I began publishing such claims.

— Taiye Selasi

I've only had four ideas for a novel in my life, and I've written all of them.

— Joseph Heller

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

— George Stephen

A great writer has all 4 - but you can still be a good writer with only 1 and 2.

— Susan Sontag

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

— Octavia E. Butler

I get and read an enormous number of first novels.

— Richard Russo