Biggest mistake Quote by Kate Forsyth

Writing a novel isn't like building a brick wall. You don't figure out how to do it, and then it gets easier each time…

— Kate DiCamillo

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

— Joyce Carol Oates

You can't really succeed with a novel anyway; they're too big. It's like city planning. You can't plan a perfect city because there's too…

— Gore Vidal

It takes a lot of energy and a lot of neurosis to write a novel. If you were really sensible, you'd do something else.

— Lawrence Durrell

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a…

— John Gardner

Writing a novel is like an amusement park or a museum or a city. You go into that place and you have certain experiences…

— Mohsin Hamid

The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get…

— Walter Mosley

“I think there really is no other way to write a long, serious novel. You work, shelve it for a while, work, shelve it…

— John Gardner

The good thing about writing a novel is that you're creating an imaginary world and can take a break when you need to.

— Liane Moriarty

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

To me, novels are a trip of discovery, and you discover things that you don't know and you assume that many of your readers…

— Tom Wolfe

“To write a novel, you begin with what you can see and then you add what came before and what came after. ...You must…

— Thomas Harris