Books Quote by Ian Rankin

It takes a long time to write a novel when you have to keep interrupting your work to earn money.

— Dana Spiotta

I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours at the…

— Arthur Smith

Money to a writer is time to write.

— Frank Herbert

Perfecting and selling your writing is a lifelong task. If you are a persistent writer, you can expect your abilities to improve with time.…

— Winston Churchill

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

One of the reasons writers are never satisfied with their work is because they're always striving to do better.

— JoAnn Ross

“Writing a complete novel is time consuming, frustrating, nerve wrecking, and most of the time your work is under valued, under appreciated, and taken…

— Carl Henegan

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of…

— Melissa Scott

I had, like any other young novelist, started out by believing the difficult thing was to get published and that, once you managed that,…

— Mordecai Richler

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.

— Fred Allen