--- title: "3 Victoria Nelson Quotes" description: "Victoria Nelson has 3 quotes on SMS4Smile. Browse their most insightful sayings." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-victoria-nelson-85095.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Victoria Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-victoria-nelson-85095.jpg) # Victoria Nelson **3** quotes in **12** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet ## Quotes by Victoria Nelson > [“A novel is something that stands at the end of a lengthy process called writing. It is not a preexisting Platonic form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-nelson/a-novel-is-something-that-stands-at-the-end-of-a-lengthy-process/) [Victoria Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-nelson/) [Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/victoria-nelson-85095_books_a-novel-is-something-that-stands-at-the_1234037.jpg) > [“As a rule, young children don't complain of wanting to fingerpaint but finding themselves mysteriously unable to do so.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-nelson/as-a-rule-young-children-don-t-complain-of-wanting-to-fingerpaint-but/) [Victoria Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-nelson/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c3/victoria-nelson-85095_children_as-a-rule-young-children-don-t-complain_1651770.jpg) > [“Many people find it difficult to head straight for their fun; something in them refuses to play. The barrier is not lack…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-nelson/many-people-find-it-difficult-to-head-straight-for-their-fun/) [Victoria Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-nelson/) [Creative process](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creative-process/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/victoria-nelson-85095_creative-process_many-people-find-it-difficult-to-head-st_2743196.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-nelson/#itemlist", "name": "Victoria Nelson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A novel is something that stands at the end of a lengthy process called writing. It is not a preexisting Platonic form embedded within the writer... I do not have a Boston marathon inside me waiting to get out. 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