Believe Quote by Umberto Eco

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

— Toni Morrison

Like most writers, I just create because I have a story to tell, really.

— Tom Stoppard

All my friends who wanted to write had got nowhere trying to write the great European novel. So I deliberately steered clear of that…

— Jo Nesbo

I write largely plot-driven stories.

— Ravi Subramanian

I've always wanted to write a book. And it turned out that it was more about finding a story that I felt I was…

— Hank Green

I like to think that I am telling a story rather than writing it.

— Alistair MacLeod

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

— Ernest Gaines

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

— Ford Madox Ford

I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

— David Ignatius

Why write stories? To join the conversation.

— Dorothy Allison

I wrote a novel, so now they can call me a novelist. I tell stories; that's it.

— Nathan Englander

To write a story is to create a world of your own.

— Gza