Character Quote by Anonymous

“Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they choose it…

— Jamie Weise

A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts.

— Liao Yiwu

The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love and great…

— Carson McCullers

“Sleeplessness and being a writer seem to go together hand in hand.”

— Jason E. Hodges

“Writers don't sleep. Writers keep writing in their heads while they're dreaming.”

— Ksenia Anske

The bad novelist constructs his characters; he directs them and makes them speak. The true novelist listens to them and watches them act; he…

— Andre Gide

“Writing a novel is like having a dream.”

— Haruki Murakami

“I want to write a novel that is so good it causes readers to ignore meals, sleep, work, friends and spouses!!”

— R.E. Fisher

Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to deed. A skillful man reads his…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A writer always wears glasses and never combs his hair. Half the time he feels angry about everything and the other half depressed. He…

— Paulo Coelho

“The inexperienced reader wants the essentially familiar combined with superficial novelty. Each story must have a slightly new setting or twist or "gimmick," though…

— Laurence Perrine

When a writer knows home in his heart, his heart must remain subtly apart from it. He must always be a stranger to the…

— William Morris