Books Quote by Francois Mauriac

I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I cease to…

— Francois Mauriac

“Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.”

— Amaya Ellman

“If you're a writer you're bound to write something fine, at least now and then, off and on.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

“I had been given a wonderful opportunity to be a novelist — a chance you just don't get every day.”

— Haruki Murakami

“The writer is always working on a book, even when not writing.”

— Antonio Callado

“Stop trying to write a novel. Just tell a story, type it up, 1 hour every day, and by the end of the year,…

— Ksenia Anske

“Sometimes a writer is inspired by the moment, more often they are prepared.”

— Loron-Jon Stokes

“Writers don’t get time off. Every moment - waking or sleeping - a writer is working, observing, thinking and creating.”

— Graeme Roberts

“I never have time to write, and I always have a thousand distractions in my way. But still, I write. I write because I’m…

— Aaron B. Powell

“A novel is an interminable effort. You think until you are weary. You write until you are ready to scream. You stop. You rest.…

— Anonymous

“If you don't write with the reader in mind, you are not a writer, period.”

— Tom Grimes

“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write.”

— Samuel Johnson