Architecture Quote by Jess Walter

One of the things that's good for me is that I can go from one art form to another. Because I think if I…

— Rebecca Miller

Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one…

— Graham Swift

For me, reading books and writing them are tied together. The words of other writers teach me and refresh me and inspire me.

— Betsy Byars

The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed.

— Rob Chapman

Structure is, for me, the most fun challenge about writing novels.

— Heidi Julavits

Writing, for me at least, takes a lot of concentrated work and effort. It takes dedication and the willingness to do the work even…

— Karl Iagnemma

In some ways I'm very structured.

— Lynne Rae Perkins

As a writer, I try to turn my feelings and experiences into a different form entirely, something that gives me mastery over them and…

— Scott Spencer

My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.

— Anita Desai

I am a novelist through and through.

— Meg Wolitzer

If you're a writer, you just keep following the path - keep going deeper and deeper into the things that interest you.

— Caitlin Flanagan

As with editing, I think my strength as a writer is structure. It's not a skill that's much discussed when we discuss fiction, or…

— Hanya Yanagihara