Away from you Quote by Drew Magary

For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set out to…

— Mohsin Hamid

With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens to people,…

— Dave Barry

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

I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm…

— Jonathan Dee

Writing a novel is an intense and lonely business, but you have the reward at the end of a very direct dialogue between you…

— Neil Cross

I think I prefer writing books because the work of art begins and ends with you - it's easier to know if you're doing…

— Sheila Heti

The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story…

— Nick Earls

I really enjoy writing novels. It's like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

— Denis Johnson

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

— Denis Johnson

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

For me,the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out-the writing down of it I always…

— Michael Morpurgo

The less attention I pay to what people want and the more attention I pay to just writing the book I want to write,…

— Lawrence Block