I was writing from the time I was 12 years old, but I originally wanted to be a novelist.
Christopher McQuarrie
Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.
H. L. Mencken
I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.
David Mitchell
I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something.
Haruki Murakami