Books Quote by Irvine Welsh

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

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to…

— Andy Rooney

Good ideas come from everywhere. It's more important to recognize a good idea than to author it.

— Jeanne Gang

Ideas can come while reading a good novel.

— Ben van Berkel

If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration.

— Janet Fitch

Whenever I write a novel, most of the time it starts with barest slip of an idea.

— Elizabeth Berg

If there's an idea I think is really good and I feel like I can write it, then I'll do it.

— Matt Damon

I feel like I have a lot of novel ideas, but they often come up while I'm already in the process of working on…

— Matt de la Pena

I know some writers that have a million novel ideas, but I don't.

— Laura van den Berg

Furthermore, even if ideas were gettable - say, stacked in a secluded cave like the Dead Sea scrolls - I wouldn't go there. An…

— Ron Rash

When you get the ideas, that's a thrill; when you're writing the book and it's corning out well, that's a thrill; when you finish…

— Robert Cormier

That's the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it's in your head. And then it's just…

— Ricky Gervais