Appearance Quote by Amos Oz

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter…

— Rick Riordan

You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your…

— Bret Easton Ellis

When I sit down to write, I don't think about writing about an idea or a given message. I just try to write a…

— Jhumpa Lahiri

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing…

— PJ Harvey

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think…

— Zadie Smith

I would like to write a novel, or at least try to write one, although my motives are not entirely pure. For one thing,…

— Kelly Link

The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as simple as that.…

— Vikram Seth

I'm not committed as a writer, in the usual sense of the term, either religiously or politically. And I'm not conscious of any particular…

— Harold Pinter

Having the urge to write a novel, especially if you've yet to be published, is like having a medical condition impossible to mention in…

— Robert Harris

I never, ever decided that I had to write a novel because, to me, there's no such decision that ought to be made. It's…

— Arundhati Roy

I write my novels personally, desperately and non-negligently. When I write my novels, I think about my novels only, and never do other works.

— Haruki Murakami