Bigs Quote by Lev Grossman

We're [writers] all afraid of writing badly, and there are psychological reasons, like the bad interior of ourselves is somehow being revealed, but we…

— Jennifer Egan

Many people have told me that my books read like novels. Perhaps this is because, when I write, I feel I am really there,…

— Alison Weir

It's hard for me to feel bad when I'm writing well.

— Meg Wolitzer

Writing a novel is a very hard thing to do because it covers so long a space of time, and if you get discouraged…

— Maxwell Perkins

At a certain point in the writing of any book, you become absolutely certain that it's terrible and is only getting more terrible with…

— Greg van Eekhout

The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your books. Sometimes it seems like real life is…

— George R. R. Martin

I'm very unhappy about my entire life if my writing is going wrong.

— Tom Stoppard

In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do not romanticize the act of…

— Jose Saramago

Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who…

— Flannery O'Connor

At times I enjoy writing and at others times I just hate it because it's definitely having to go back and experience some pain…

— Axl Rose

I just feel like myself when I'm writing. If I don't do it, I get depressed.

— Olivia Rodrigo