Mariella Frostrup Quotes

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.

When I first started writing, I wrote a book called 'Bruiser,' and it was pretty much set in Chicago.

Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life.

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.

Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.

I'm excited to bring my characters to life in book form.

I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.

You write a lot of books; you hope you get better.

Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult.

My first novel, 'Sacrifice,' was set on the Shetland Islands.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

It's funny, because I don't think of myself as a novelist. I think of myself as a writer.

What's funny about that is when I was writing Twilight just for myself and not thinking of it as a book, I was not thinking about publishing, and yet at the same time I was casting it in my head. Because when I read books, I see them very visually.

It's funny with fiction - once you cut something, it hasn't happened anymore.

I really have reached a point where I can write a book about all of this.

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.

We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

Becoming an author changes your attitude too. Once you see where books come from, and how they're made, they never seem quite as sacred again.

Each book has been different and has been challenging in its own way to write.

Everyone wants to write a book. Very few people are able to do it.

Now I'm trying to work outside first person. I do plan to write more books.

I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.

Every novel generates its own climate, when you get going.