Books Quote by Deborah Harkness

I've never taken any classes or had formal training in writing novels. At its most basic, I learned how to structure a novel.

— Dennis Green

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

I've been approached a few times to write a book, but it's always a concept or a plan that I've not actually done myself.

— Gemma Atkinson

I tried my hand at writing, I tried to write out a little script - and it's not too bad. Mostly, though, it let…

— Nathan Fillion

Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly…

— Rachel Kushner

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

With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and you can't really prepare yourself. You…

— Jane Smiley

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

If you ever read one of my books I hope you'll think it looks so easy. In fact, I wrote those chapters 20 times…

— Peter Carey

When I began, I thought that the way one should work was to do all the research and then write the book.

— David McCullough

Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out…

— Donald Miller

I researched fiction writing for months before I taught my first class, much of it looking for strong techniques from bestselling authors.

— James Thayer