The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life. — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
When you write a novel, you make other people see your imaginary friends. — Tayari Jones Copy Share Image
I was very afraid to write a novel - it was a dream for a very long time, and it was one… — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money. — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I… — Ruskin Bond Copy Share Image
“Stop trying to write a novel. Just tell a story, type it up, 1 hour every day, and by the end of… — Ksenia Anske Copy Share Image
Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. Get your reward out of writing it, and… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write a novel I do not at all know, and I do not very much care, how… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a… — Fred Allen Copy Share Image
I cannot write a novel because I cannot work in continuity. My works are more abstract, may be, I will try short… — Dia Mirza Copy Share Image
My readers often tell me that what they admire about my books is my ability to write from so many points of… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
I'm not the sort of writer who can walk into a party and take a look around, see who's sleeping with whom… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
Every decade of my life I attempted to write a novel. But I had nothing to say. I was far too self-absorbed,… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
There are as many different ways to write a novel as there are varieties of human consciousness, so I am totally delighted… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
“What will you do?" "Oh, hell, I'll write a novel about writing the screenplay and making the movie." "What are you going… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
When you write a novel or paint a picture, you have the opportunity to approach it and back off, tear up pages,… — Jeremy Davies Copy Share Image
Every story has already been told. Once you've read Anna Karenina, Bleak House, The Sound and the Fury, To Kill a Mockingbird… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
If you wait until you got time to write a novel, or time to write a story, or time to read the… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another. Because I think… — Rebecca Miller Copy Share Image
I would like to write a novel, or at least try to write one, although my motives are not entirely pure. For… — Kelly Link Copy Share Image
When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that,… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
When you write your first novel you don't really know what you're doing. There may be writers out there who are brilliant,… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
If you want to lose 40 pounds, you order salad instead of fries. If you want to be a better friend, you… — Regina Brett Copy Share Image
“We're slammed at work and busy at home. Throw in an occasional outing with friends or significant others, and we're ready for… — Chris Baty Copy Share Image
“A man who is not born with the novel-writing gift has a troublesome time of it when he tries to build a… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Like the moon, the novel is a symbol and a necessary reality. Ideally it serves neither gods nor masters. Philosopher’s stone, it… — Rikki Ducornet Copy Share Image
I really want to write a novel. I also want to learn to play the mandolin. — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
