Novelist Quote by Haruki Murakami

“I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.”

— Michelle D. Kwasney

“Reading novels needs almost as much talent as writing them,' he used to say.”

— Anthony Powell

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

— Haruki Murakami

“Nobody ever recommended or even desired that I be a novelist - in fact, some tried to stop me. I had the idea to…

— Haruki Murakami

“Now that I was a novelist, I could not face the ignominy of failing to produce novels.”

— Thomas Keneally

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

— Jules Renard 1890

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to listen to your mind and endure the life of the writer”

— Wahab Oriyomi Osuolale

“That is a very poor career, but only a poor career give the world the light that an imperfect, but pretty good writer wants…

— Franz Kafka

“Don't aspire to be a writer, because you are already a writer”

— Clara Wake

“Writing is physical work. It’s sweaty work. You can’t just will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.”

— Will Haygood

“no writing is a waste of time--no creative work where the feelings, the imagination, the intelligence must work.”

— Brenda Ueland

“All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.”

— Stephanie Lennox