Quotes by Kate Morton

About Kate Morton:

Kate Morton is an Australian author, who has enjoyed domestic and international success with her novels The House at Riverton, The Forgotten Garden and The Distant Hours. Morton's most recent novel, The Secret Keeper, was published in 2012.
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Vivien thought how ugly adults could be, how weak. So used to getting what they wanted that they didn't know the first thing about being brave.

Kate Morton

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

Kate Morton

I'd pretty much given up hope of being published, so I just wrote the book I wanted to read.

Kate Morton

I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.

Kate Morton

I simply love writing good stories; that's my passion.

Kate Morton

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn't realise it at the time.

Kate Morton

I love the structural part of the writing process.

Kate Morton

Some say I'm an overnight success. Well, that was a very long night that lasted about 10 years. But while I do, of course, now feel the pressure having had books that have been very successful, I just know I have to concentrate on writing for myself....

Kate Morton

Author Bio

  • NameKate Morton
  • DescriptionAustralian novelist
  • Born1976
  • CountryAustralia
  • ProfessionWoman Of Letters