Boldness Quote by Mignon McLaughlin

Writers ever since writing began have had problems, and the main problem narrows down to just one word - life.

— William Styron

In literature only trouble is interesting. It takes trouble to turn the great themes of life into a story: birth, love, sex, work, and…

— Janet Burroway

I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people.

— Ann Patchett

I'd obviously never heard of the group, but my ignorance in literary matters is to blame for that (every book in the world is…

— Roberto Bolano

These are all novels, all about people that never existed, the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own lives. Makes…

— Ray Bradbury

I had a long period of writing what I think of as 'save the world' novels. 'Fledgling' was a chance to play.

— Octavia E. Butler

Novels seem to exist because of this need to know and connect, and so story becomes charged with necessity.

— Michael Helm

The writer's life: Hard days, lots of work, no money, too much silence. Nobody's fault. You chose it.

— Bill Barich

'Oscar Wao' for example cohered in a period of terrible distress. All the novels that I wanted to write were not happening.

— Junot Diaz

In Literature, only trouble is interesting.

— Janet Burroway

A life of writing books is a trying adventure in which you cannot find out where you are unless you lose your way.

— Philip Roth

Writing a novel is solitary, but I don't mind that.

— Ruth Jones