Become Quote by Mohsin Hamid

I've always wanted to write a novel. It's overwhelming and daunting, and it's one of those things that every writer fantasizes about doing.

— Howard Gordon

For me, writing a novel is like having a dream. Writing a novel lets me intentionally dream while I'm still awake. I can continue…

— Haruki Murakami

I do write a lot of prose. It's not disciplined enough yet that it's actually become stories, or short stories. The idea of writing…

— PJ Harvey

I don't know that any writing comes easily, but I certainly get more immersed in novels. I don't think the routine is any different,…

— Jess Walter

With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens to people,…

— Dave Barry

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

For me, novel-writing, by its nature, contains months of feeling lost, gloomy, fatally misguided. The challenge has always been in assuring myself that by…

— Ben Dolnick

I think I liked writing a novel better. Obviously, it's more rewarding. It's that marathon thing where it sucks when you're doing it, but…

— Drew Magary

Writing is incidental to my primary objective, which is spinning a good yarn. I view myself as a storyteller more than a writer. The…

— Ashwin Sanghi

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

For me, writing a novel is like solving a puzzle. But I don't intend my novels as puzzles. I intend them as invitations to…

— Mohsin Hamid

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

— Maggie Shipstead