Art Quote by Christy Leigh Stewart

A novel is a piece of architecture. It's not random wallowings or confessional diaries. It's a building-it has to have walls and floors and…

— John Irving

“Just because it's a novel--can't it also be different?”

— John Deaton

“Behind every novel is a greater story of how it came to be published.”

— T.L. Rese

“Writing a novel is like going a great distance to take a small shit.”

— Harlan Ellison

“Because—and don’t let anybody tell you different—novel writing is mostly triage (this now, that later) and obstinacy.”

— Richard Russo

“Better that the book should be not quite so good, and the writer better, and not himself a ridiculous contrast to all he has…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“A novel is an impression, not an argument.”

— Thomas Hardy

“Being a writer is like standing naked in the High Street hoping people won't find you ridiculous.”

— Graham Storrs

“Writing a novel is just like life ... it's only in the doing of it that I find out what works.”

— Angela Young

“A book always tells more about the author than the protagonist himself.”

— Sneha Mehta

“Where do you think my new novel is? In the waste basket. I can see myself that it's no good on earth, and when…

— Jean Webster

“A novel in progress doesn't have a clear, forward process. It’s messy, like a beloved, balky child.”

— Kay Kenyon