David Mitchell Quotes

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

I write novels and other things.

My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.

I wanted to be an author for as long as I can remember.

'Some day,' I said, 'I will be an author.'

What I'd like to be above all is a writer.

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

I am happy that I'm a better novelist than a screenwriter.

I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.

I will try to write books until I drop dead.

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

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

I'm a writer and this is what I love to do.

I've always been a reader and a writer.

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art.

My new novel 'Red Hook Road' began many years ago as a short article in the newspaper.

Writing was, is, and will always be my favorite job.

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

I am a novelist through and through.

My whole life, I've wanted to be a novelist.

As a kid, I dreamt of becoming a writer. My most exciting pastime was reading novels; in fact, I would read anything I could find.

I want to write books.

I've published over 100 books - and that is divided about 50/50 adult and young adult. Lately, I have been writing more YA, which is such a great genre to write it. I don't have a favourite (I usually say it's the last book I've written), but certain books do stick in the mind. My very first YA novel, The Children of Lir, will always be special to me, and, of course The Alchemyst because it was a series I'd wanted to write for ages.

I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.

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