Accounts Quote by Gore Vidal

One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility…

— Kate Forsyth

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe…

— Harlan Coben

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

— Joyce Carol Oates

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

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

Writing is like everything else: the more you do it the better you get. Don't try to perfect as you go along, just get…

— Iain Banks

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.

— Tibor Fischer

“Somedays you have to write even when you think you're putting out crap. You just need to tell yourself that you'll fix the problems…

— Christopher Rice

In order to be a living, breathing thing, a novel has to be failed in some kind of way. Or at least that's how…

— Dana Spiotta

Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect.

— Jane Smiley

I struggle with confidence, every time. I’m never completely sure I can write another book. Maybe my scope is too grand, my questions too…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“Novel writing is mostly triage (this now, that later) and obstinacy. Trying something, and when that doesn't work, trying something else. Welcoming clutter Surrendering…

— Richard Russo