Ironically, writing a novel is not a way to sort out your confusion. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long. — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
I never know when I finish the novel I am writing which will be the next novel out of the station. — John Irving Copy Share Image
“The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story” — Brandt Legg Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is not method acting and I find it easy to step out of it at cocktail hour. — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
“In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.” — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
What I've done is I've started writing a novel, so that's my big adventure. — Lesley Sharp Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is not so much a project as a journey, a voyage, an adventure. — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
One of the ready advantages of writing a road or quest story is that it mirrors the experience of writing a novel. — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,'… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
I wanted to find something I could do at home. I sat down with a friend and made a list of all… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always… — Jesse Ball Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else. — Howard Gordon Copy Share Image
“Two people at a cocktail party. One turns to the other and says: "I'm writing a novel." The other replies, "Neither am… — Private Eye Copy Share Image
I am a novelist. I traffic in subtleties, and my goal in writing a novel is to leave the reader not knowing… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“Writing a novel is like trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle whose pieces aren't even fixed in shape. Yet, somehow, they all… — Jyoti Arora Copy Share Image
The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly and at great… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
There are two different ways of writing a novel. The first I call the traditional father way, when the novelist slightly situates… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
I think writing a poem is like being a greyhound. Writing a novel is like being a mule. You go up one… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
It's weird - I don't feel like I'm a better or more confident writer because I'm publishing something. I think, for most… — James M. Gavin Copy Share Image
I think I liked writing a novel better. Obviously, it's more rewarding. It's that marathon thing where it sucks when you're doing… — Drew Magary Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is one of those modern rites of passage, I think, that lead us from an innocent world of contentment,… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel, you spend four years sitting in your basement and a year waiting for the book to come… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm one of those sad cases who've never wanted to be anything but a writer. I started writing my first novel when… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
I certainly don't sit down and plan a book out before I write it. There's a phrase I use called "The Valley… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The three rules to writing a novel; 1) Write 2) Write more 3) Keep writing” — SciFurz Copy Share Image
While writing a novel, I don't read anything new in fiction. I am too engrossed. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
The desire to write a novel is the single required prerequisite for writing a novel. — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again. — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I had never thought about writing a novel. But I had two young kids, and I realized that if I could write… — Mary Kay Andrews Copy Share Image
I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort. — Tibor Fischer Copy Share Image
The experience of writing 'The Kite Runner' is one I will always think back on with fondness. There is an energy, a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
In my experience, writing a novel tends to create its own structure, its own demands, its own language, its own ending. — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. — John Irving Copy Share Image
For me, the process of writing a novel happens mostly in your head before you actually start writing. — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Plot is tremendously important to me: I can't stand books where nothing happens, and I can't imagine ever writing a novel without… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
