Believe Quote by Frank Yerby

Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity.

— Jane Smiley

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

— Monica Johnson

A lot of people, I think, harbor some kind of ambition to write a novel - they say, 'One day I'm going to write…

— Alex Garland

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration.

— Roald Dahl

It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing.

— John Braine

A professional writer is someone who writes just as well when they're not inspired as when they are.

— Philip Pullman

Inspiration comes from the act of writing.

— Steve Doll

The real skill of being a writer is being able to take your inspired moments, and make them work as a whole, through the…

— Nick Blaemire

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 can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really be a…

— Toni Morrison

Writing a novel isn't like building a brick wall. You don't figure out how to do it, and then it gets easier each time…

— Kate DiCamillo

I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.

— Aleksandar Hemon