Artistic Quote by Anonymous

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.

— James Scott Bell

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

— Catherine Mayer

Novel writing is the slowest art form in the world. It is not a sprint. It is not even a marathon. It is a…

— Mohsin Hamid

Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting.

— Charles Stross

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.

— Lawrence Clark Powell

The novelist is more a marathon runner than long-distance runner and the kind of courage it takes working in such isolation cannot be underestimated.…

— Tobsha Learner

Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing.

— Donald Hall

When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That's what I always find myself short on…

— Junot Diaz

To me, stretching the capabilities of my imagination is a crucial aspect of writing fiction; you could think of it as a mental form…

— Julia Glass

“It is the form that allows a writer the greatest opportunity to explore human experience...For that reason, reading a novel is potentially a significant…

— Don DeLillo

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

— Maggie Shipstead

A novel compared to film writing can allow the author to be more indulgent, and that extends to the characters and the story being…

— Kanika Dhillon