Books Quote by Kate DiCamillo

“Writing a novel is like pottery. Your initial draft of your story is like a lump of clay. Editing is like shaping that piece…

— Monika Pardon

If I tried to write long-hand, I suppose I'd never finish a novel. I edit too much as I write - the paper would…

— Nicholas Sparks

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.

— Tibor Fischer

The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.

— Ernest Hemingway

I don't know how everyone writes a novel; that sounds exhausting.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

Novel writing, to me, is all about language: choosing your words, finding the characters within the words and just really agonizing over every word.…

— Jonathan Tropper

When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all the final…

— Louis Sachar

Writing gives you the illusion of control, and then you realize it's just an illusion, that people are going to bring their own stuff…

— David Sedaris

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.

— Kanye West

I just try and do something good. But as a writer, you're slightly out of control.

— Peter Morgan

Having been an editor for more than a decade, I thought I had a good idea of how much work was involved in writing…

— Julie Klassen

Novel writing, like so many things in life, is an iterative process. You come at it again and again, working at it like you…

— Kameron Hurley