La La Anthony Quotes

I like writing books. I really love words. I love to read.

I write novels and other things.

I got into writing because books and stories were always a big part of my life. I loved listening to them and then reading them, and I loved making them up.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

Each new book is a tremendous challenge.

People do write books.

I just want to sit in my room and write books.

I wanted to become a writer. I enjoyed reading as a child.

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.

To some degree, I consider myself a writer, and so I have a strong relationship with literature.

I've never actually even contemplated writing a book or having a book.

In my younger days, I was trying to write sophisticated prose and fantastic stories.

You have to have heart's passion to write a novel.

You become a great writer by writing.

My childhood was surrounded by books and writing. From a very early age I was fascinated by storytelling, by the printed word, by language, by ideas. So I would seek them out.

Reading is probably what leads most writers to writing.

Like most authors, I also love to read.

I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read.

I tell people you should write what you love to read because that's where your passion is.

I have a lot of books I want to write.

I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.

To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.

I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer!

It's wonderful being an author and having so many kids enjoying my books. That's always been my dream job, and I feel very lucky to be able to do it.