Books Quote by Jane Smiley

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

— John Steinbeck

If novels and stories are bulletins from the progressive states of ignorance a writer passes through over the years, observations and opinions about horses…

— Jane Smiley

In the odd moment when I am not thinking about horses, I write books.

— Meg Rosoff

“The following tale is a fantasy, pure and simple. It is a flight of sheer imagination. It contains no hidden meanings, and none should…

— Robert Adams

For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set out to…

— Mohsin Hamid

For those of us who take literature very seriously, picking up a work of fiction is the start of an adventure comparable in anticipatory…

— Anonymous

When you're writing your own fiction, you don't have to ride two horses.

— Elliott Colla

Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own…

— Stephen Mangan

For me, it's always more interesting to look at things when you don't really have a horse in the race, so to speak.

— Jonathan Levine

“Horse racing is not so much a business as it is a calling. The work requires too much time and energy to pursue it…

— Joe Layden

A novel takes the courage of a marathon runner, and as long as you have to run, you might as well be a winning…

— Leon Uris

Novel writing is the slowest art form in the world. It is not a sprint. It is not even a marathon. It is a…

— Mohsin Hamid