Always Quote by Alice Munro

I don't have many friends. It's not because I'm a misanthrope. It's because I'm reserved. I'm self-contained. I get all my adventures in my…

— Ian Rankin

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

— David Mitchell

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.

— Ann Patchett

Ultimately I'm the writer for me, but also, anytime one of my friends gets stuck with a bit, they can call me, and I'm…

— Ron White

If only a group of people were more important to me than the idea of a Novel, I might begin a novel.

— Sylvia Plath

I'm always working on my next novel, even when I'm not.

— George Pelecanos

I am a writer. Books are my home and words are my friends.

— Vikrant Parsai

I write novels and other things.

— Jack L. Chalker

Writing can be really lonely, and I find that bit difficult. I'd rather be around my people, getting ideas.

— Daniel Kaluuya

Call me territorial or narcissistic, but I avoid novels about people who share my vocation.

— Julia Glass

I can't have a lot of people around me all the time. It really bugs me out that I have that many people. I…

— Curtis Jackson

My whole life I've tried to find the thing I can do that other people can't do, and invest in that, and the one…

— David Berman