Books Quote by William Finnegan

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it's hard…

— Hooman Majd

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

— Toni Morrison

Wrote my first "novel" when I was six. Studied a bit in college, but then pursued history... But when I started writing professionally, it…

— David B. Coe

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly…

— Stef Penney

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

Well, writing was what I wanted to do, it was always what I wanted to do. I had novels to write so I wrote…

— Octavia Butler

I write for the love of writing. If I never published another book, I would still be writing stories.

— Christine Feehan

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

— Denis Johnson

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

— Denis Johnson

I'd always liked to write, but I never wanted to be a writer, because it seemed a sissy occupation. It is. To this day,…

— Daniel Pinkwater