Art Quote by Anthony Burgess

People joked that Forster became more renowned with every book he did not write.

— Paul Gray

“My knowledge of Mr. Forster’s works is limited to one novel which I dislike; and anyway it was not he who fathered that trite…

— Vladimir Nabokov

A fortunate author can write maybe twelve novels in his lifetime.

— Haruki Murakami

I can only write one novel at a time. The author of the Perry Mason novels, Erle Stanley Gardner, often worked on four novels…

— James Thayer

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

— Junot Diaz

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

— George Stephen

With the novels, I try to write a few pages a day - it doesn't sound much, but it can be difficult if I'm…

— Catherine Fisher

“Well, I wasn't going to abuse him. I was only going to ask: Is there any quality which distinguishes his work from that of…

— George Gissing

“How do I know what I think until I hear what I say? —E. M. FORSTER, NOVELIST AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST E”

— Josh Kaufman

Novels are usually built on conflict, sometimes very, very difficult conflict. It's why men write war novels - because there you go, there's the…

— Anna Quindlen

Alan Moore's writing is almost novelistic. It's very intricate and wordy and smart.

— Adrianne Palicki

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM”

— Wendy Wax