Artistic Quote by Haruki Murakami

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

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

— Lawrence Durrell

“For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you’re the only writer in existence; the only…

— Martin Cosgrove

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

My own feeling is that the only possible reason for engaging in the hard labor of writing a novel, is that one is bothered…

— May Sarton

A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then…

— Nora Roberts

Writing a book is like running a marathon. You need to be fit to do it, mentally and, as far as possible, physically.

— Catherine Mayer

I think it's really boring, from the point of view of the novelist, to write about yourself. Tedious. But that's very hard to explain…

— Peter Carey

It's hard work, writing, you know. Honestly, a fight every day against your own limitations. You have to squeeze books out of your brain,…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I know I'll keep writing poems. That's the constant. I don't know about novels. They're hard. It takes so much concentrated effort. When I'm…

— Sherman Alexie

Writing can be fun. I think the challenge is to convey interesting things in accessible ways, and that's what I aim to do in…

— Matt Haig

If you get bored with nothing to do, you are not a writer.

— Guillermo del Toro