Books Quote by Ted Dekker

For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me.

— Jack Dann

Despite the natural belittling of one's self, the doubts, the insecurities, we have to wake up to the realisation that we all write our…

— Yossi Ghinsberg

My favorite aspect of being an author has always been visiting different communities and meeting my readers face to face.

— Jay Asher

I spend so long writing each of my novels that by the time I'm done with one, I'm ready to discover a totally different…

— Jennifer Egan

“There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle readers, but…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing.

— Chris Cleave

Growing up, nobody I knew even knew a writer. So it was a big adventure and something that I've wrestled with my whole life.…

— Candace Bushnell

My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about.

— Tucker Max

Writing has certainly helped me explore about 20,000 versions of my authentic self. I suppose that's what most writers discover if they write long…

— Gillian Flynn

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and…

— Kate DiCamillo

I feel, as an artist, it's important for me to write, and that's a big part of what my journey is - being able…

— Anne-Marie