“I’m a writer – I sit in a room by myself making things up. That is where I’m happiest.”

Paula Hawkins

“Write at least one page every day, without fail. If you’re trying to write a book, and you’re not writing at least one page a day, then the book is not going to get written.”

John Grisham

“When I started all this, my motives were pure, I was not driven by greed or money. I had a story.”

John Grisham

“It’s a principle of mine to come into the story as late as possible, and to tell it as fast as you can. The later you join the story, the more quickly you draw the audience into the middle.”

John le Carre

“We learn to write by writing, not by just facing an empty page and dreaming of the wonderful success we are going to have.”

PD James

“It’s the hardest thing in the world to write the second book. The first one was easy. We’ve all got a story to tell. But writing the second book, that’s the difference between a professional and not a professional.”

Robert Ludlum