Carpenter Quote by Annie Proulx

“What's this "rough life of a novelist" bullshit? You sound like an idiot. You're a writer. At least give yourself better lines.”

— Maki Murakami

I think writers can get a little melodramatic sometimes about their work, and it helps me not to do that, to just say, "Well,…

— Donald Miller

“To cut a long story short, I'm a writer.”

— Amaya Ellman

The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps…

— Graham Greene

“A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.”

— Chris Baty

A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration.

— Isabel Allende

The writer's way is rough and lonely, and who would choose it while there are vacancies in more gracious professions, such as, say, cleaning…

— Dorothy Parker

“Hard core authors are determined about their craft, and they know that building a brand entails hard work. They eat, breathe and live their…

— Geraldine Solon

“A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.”

— Sandra Chami Kassis

“I find writing novels a challenge, writing stories a joy. If writing novels is like planting a forest, then writing short stories is more…

— Haruki Murakami

Novel writing wrecks homes.

— C. S. Forester

I find writing really hard, but then, every author I know finds writing really hard work.

— Nicola Cornick