Books Quote by Ivy Compton-Burnett

When I first started, my novels were set in the far future.

— Robert J. Sawyer

My novels are never truly finished, even if they're published and sitting on the shelf. While I may no longer be interested in spending…

— Jillian Medoff

I start each book when it's ready and never before.

— Alice Walker

I knew I wanted to write novels, but I could not finish what I started. The closer I got, the more ways I'd find…

— Steven Pressfield

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

— Alistair Maclean

I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one.

— Michael Helm

Fiction novels, that's my game.

— David Benioff

I'm always working on my next novel, even when I'm not.

— George Pelecanos

With any novel that you begin, you can't foresee how difficult or easy it's going to be, and you can't really prepare yourself. You…

— Jane Smiley

It's just my goal to deliver the best story I can, and I want to make sure each book is better than the last,…

— Karin Slaughter

I've started lots of books, but it's hard for me to finish them.

— Harmony Korine

I started a second novel seven times and I had to throw them away.

— Amy Tan