Books Quote by Charles Palliser

No, I can't write a novel. I don't have a story.

— Harry Enfield

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

Writing a novel is like an amusement park or a museum or a city. You go into that place and you have certain experiences…

— Mohsin Hamid

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

I don't think I have a very novelistic brain. I like to read, but I don't know if I could ever write a novel.

— Jacob Anderson

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a…

— John Gardner

You may be able to write a novel, you may not. You will never know until you have worked very hard indeed and written…

— Ngaio Marsh

The good thing about writing a novel is that you're creating an imaginary world and can take a break when you need to.

— Liane Moriarty

Writing a novel is always complicated, it's not like you snap your fingers and go, 'Ah, I know what I'll write'. For me, a…

— Reif Larsen

What I like to write about is stuff I know. I don't think I could write a novel. I don't think I have it…

— Carol Burnett

My shorthand answer is that I try to write the kind of book that I would like to read. If I can make it…

— David McCullough

For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to…

— Mohsin Hamid