“It is not so much as to say that something has occured; but to describe the very essence of the occurance. One… — Jason W. Blair Copy Share Image
I think back on that day when 16-year-old me scribbled on some silly piece of paper for some long-forgotten high school career-day… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
“If you hear voices, you’re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you’re an author.” — Dani Harper Copy Share Image
“Fiction is overrated, Fly. We’ve discussed this. In the time it takes those novelist fuckers to contemplate a few poetic passages, a… — Rawi Hage Copy Share Image
I hadn't ever felt any particular calling to be a novelist, and I clearly remember telling a friend of mine about six… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern'… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I tried to reject everything I knew as a TV writer when I decided to be a novelist, and the books didn't… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
“It is possible to be a great novelist - that is, to render a veracious account of your times - and a… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“A novelist is essentially a person who covers distance through his patience, slowly, like an ant. A novelist impresses us not by… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
With his compulsively slamming lyrics and king-of-the-world delivery, DMX intuitively echoes the existentialism of the projects of the novelist Donald Goines. — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
In high school, I wanted to be an actress. Until I got to college and took some creative writing courses. Then I… — Meg Cabot Copy Share Image
“Nothing is sillier than the creative writing teacher's dictum "Write about what you know." But whether you're writing about people or dragons,… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
I'm not a twentieth-century novelist, I'm not modern, and certainly not postmodern. I follow the form of the nineteenth-century novel; that was… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I am not expecting anyone to feel sorry for me, but when friends ask how it feels to be a debut novelist… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
“A poetess is not as selfish as you assume. After months of agonising over her marriage of words—the bride— and spaces—the groom,… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“The pleasures of being a novelist are many. But the greatest by far is the manner in which I live through my… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply… — Stacy Schiff Copy Share Image
When I say that George Eliot has long been my hero, I mean to include those aspects of her thought and temperament… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
I have that special sort of novelist body of knowledge which is extraordinarily wide and very, very shallow. So I can usually… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
A novelist's characters must be with him as he lies down to sleep, and as he wakes from his dreams. He must… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
