Books Quote by Jonathan Kellerman

A novel is challenging, because you have more story than you need and you have to select and narrow.

— Peter Hedges

Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to…

— Justin Cronin

I begin each book with a challenge to myself.

— Laura Lippman

Each time, I think I'm never going to write another book. It never gets easier.

— Sarah Dessen

Each new book is a tremendous challenge.

— Peter Straub

Every single book is a challenge.

— Nora Roberts

I try to create a challenge for myself in each book. And sometimes, believe me, I just kick myself afterwards, and say, 'Why on…

— Elizabeth George

I personally feel I still have so much to learn as a writer; each novel is better than the one before, just because I'm…

— Jonathan Dee

My first novel was a challenge to myself. No one had an inkling that I was working on it.

— Vikas Swarup

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

— Heidi Julavits

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

— Michael Helm

Writing a novel that works is an extremely difficult thing to do. It requires a level of skill and dedication that always surprises me.

— Bret Easton Ellis