Books Quote by Jacob Anderson

No, I can't write a novel. I don't have a story.

— Harry Enfield

To make it interesting and worth doing, writing a novel has to be a leap into the unknown. I have to be unsure if…

— Charles Palliser

No wonder you want to be a writer. How can you not, with all that behind you? You practically are a novel already.

— Sylvia Brownrigg

I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.

— Rachel Kushner

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

I always wanted to write novels, even before I had read a lot of novels or had a very good idea of what they…

— Elif Batuman

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I had never thought about writing a novel. But I had two young kids, and I realized that if I could write a novel,…

— Mary Kay Andrews

I've always written a little bit. I mean, I've written screenplays, and I've doctored my dialogue for years, and I've written speeches - I…

— Rob Lowe

I love novels, but I'm not a novelist. I'm just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That's all I have ever…

— John Logan

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

— Noah Baumbach

You may be able to write a novel, you may not. You will never know until you have worked very hard indeed and written…

— Ngaio Marsh