Art Quote by Elizabeth Taylor

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

— Angela Young

“Life as a writer was not what I expected. I knew no other writers. I knew no writing teachers or editors. I had to…

— Lee Siegel

“Writing a novel mimics what we bring to our journey of life. God is the great editor who purges the faulty, the awkward, and…

— Denise M. Baran-Unland

“The novelist might be greater possible help to us if they painted life as it is, and human feelings in their true proportion and…

— William Dean Howells

Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art,…

— Ellen Glasgow

“Writers strive for the impossible: perfection. Even the universe is flawed.”

— Chloe Thurlow

“Writing is like knowing the beauty you possess inward; the possibilities are endless.”

— Annette Whitaker-Moss

“Perfectionism is the enemy of the author. There is a difference between good writing habits and perfectionism. The author who displays good writing habits…

— Gudjon Bergmann

“After writing, there is the letting go part. Perfection is a myth; as we all get better by day. Allow yourself to grow in…

— Uma Nnenna

“The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, and it smells good. Writing is mere writing,…

— Annie Dillard

“Novels are written—as life is lived—One Day At A Time.”

— Lawrence Block

“A writer is not born but made through study and sheer willpower and ability to embrace beauty and agony.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster