Top 19 Quotes by Steve Toltz

There's only one common element that united every writer I've admired... they're all incredibly well-read.

When people come up to me and say, 'I read your book,' I'm thinking, 'How dare you! Who gave you a copy?'

I don't have a great respect for reality or getting the 'facts' as a means of putting together a story.

People always say, 'Write what you know', but I've always found that to be terrible advice. It's quite limiting, what you know.

I actually went into writing first to supplement my income, which was a strange thing to do, and actually failed.

There is something so arbitrary about prizes.

I can't sit through dinner with somebody I don't like.

If I knew a story page by page before I started writing it, I just wouldn't do it. The process of discovery is really important for my own enjoyment.

I am influenced by books which don't have their eye on the endgame, but which try to be entertaining on each and every page.