Books Quote by Ann Patchett

“Writing a novel is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make…

— E. L. Doctorow

“Writing a novel is like traveling the universe on foot.”

— Dennis R. Miller

“I like my writing career and it's progression, I'd rather be that slow moving tide that slowly turns a hidden mountain into a beautiful…

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“All good writing is like swimming underwater and holding your breath.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Aboard a boat of leaves I float, allowing new stories to unfold. Of cresting and falling winds, streaking words across the sky. [A Writer’s…

— Susan L. Marshall

“It's difficult to teach how to write novels, but teaching swimming is just as hard.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Writing is like surfing on a wild sea, in the middle of a moonless night, in a hailstorm, on a deserted island. Yeah... that…

— Heena Rathore P

“I like my writing career and it's progression, I'd rather be that slow moving tide that turns a mountain into a beautiful beach for…

— Stanley Victor Paskavich

“When becoming a writer don’t think of success, imagine you are throwing your book into a vast ocean with the only hope that enough…

— Mark L Lloyd

“If I be just a page torn out of a book, May I sail forever over the oceans blue, Float over the treetops and…

— Nancy B. Brewer

“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There’s plenty…

— Stephen King

“Writing a novel is like going a great distance to take a small shit.”

— Harlan Ellison