Structure is, for me, the most fun challenge about writing…

I always say that if you're a novelist, the challenge is not writing what you think ought to happen, but trying in some way…

— Neil Gaiman

I liked the challenge of writing and shooting without knowing what's going to happen or how it's going to turn out.

— Evan Mock

I like the challenge of writing music without being the coolest guy or band in the room.

— John Gourley

The way I challenge myself is by writing something that really engages me, that doesn't have an easy answer, and isn't always an easy…

— Jodi Picoult

As an artist, you never want to write the same song again, you always want to challenge yourself to writing in a different way.

— Serj Tankian

What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans…

— Nicholas Sparks

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.

— Jeffery Deaver

The real challenge of writing songs isn't just writing a bunch of parts - like a verse, chorus, verse - but making something that…

— James Mercer

“The greatest challenge in writing your book is maintaining the drive to finish it.”

— Tess Gerritsen

One of the things that I love about writing novels is that it really doesn't matter what next step you take as long as…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I was writing novels in high school and apprenticed myself in a way both to Faulkner and to Hemingway.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I obviously prefer writing novels but I take my journalism very seriously, and I enjoy doing it between novels. It gives me an opportunity…

— Mordecai Richler

Mostly it's lies, writing novels. You set out to tell an untrue story and you try to make it believable, even to yourself. Which…

— Anne Tyler

If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more like planting a garden.

— Haruki Murakami

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to,…

— Jami Attenberg