Art Quote by Douglas Adams

There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, "Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth." It's…

— Douglas Adams

“Q: Do you feel concerned that after all this work, people won't treat [Starship Titanic] with the gravity of, say, a movie or a…

— Douglas Adams

I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if you paint…

— John Hawkes

“Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you…

— Fran Lebowitz

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure a bad person can write a good book, If…

— Alice Walker

You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich.…

— Nelson Algren

I feel like I could devote myself to far more important things than writing novels.

— Sally Rooney

“Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating, but no…

— Rachel Hartman

If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are works of…

— Katherine Paterson

Were I to write what I know, the book would be too sensational to print, but were I to write what I think proper,…

— Ina Coolbrith

If I had to rank my skills, I have a long way to go before I can write a good graphic novel.

— Ted Rall

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

— Lawrence Durrell