Acting Quote by Bret Easton Ellis

I don't know how everyone writes a novel; that sounds exhausting.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Writing a novel can be solitary at times compared to screenwriting, but I don't mind that.

— Ruth Jones

Writing is something that comes naturally to me, like acting.

— Divya Dutta

Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity.

— Jane Smiley

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

— Gish Jen

Writing a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me.

— Bret Easton Ellis

Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large…

— Stephen Chbosky

Writing is the place where I can do it all and get away with it. You can't do that in the theatre.

— Alice Ripley

I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to do with…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

— John Irving

Writing is much more satisfying on a certain level than acting ever was. Because you're not interpreting someone else's original idea, you can come…

— Michael Beck

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say…

— Andrew Greeley