Books Quote by Meg Wolitzer

A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt.

— Robert Sheckley

Writing is the perfect balance between self-confidence and self-doubt, with a bit of self-delusion thrown in.

— Judith Kelman

“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There’s plenty…

— Stephen King

Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them,…

— Andrew O'Hagan

I've always operated with a great deal of self-doubt. Every time I start a new book it's like, well, this one will destroy the…

— Dean Koontz

Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author.

— Jonathan Dee

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

— Kanye West

“For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you’re the only writer in existence; the only…

— Martin Cosgrove

Writing a novel is like childbirth: once you realize how awful it really is, you never want to do it again.

— Sarah Dessen

All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long,…

— George Orwell

Novel-writing is a settling, lovely space. I call it self-indulgent - I feel mildly guilty about it.

— Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

“People talk about books that write themselves, and it's a lie. Books don't write themselves. It takes thought and research and a backache and…

— Neil Gaiman