Budgets Quote by Naomi Novik

Writing's a lot like cooking. Sometimes the cake won't rise, no matter what you do, and every now and again the cake tastes better…

— Neil Gaiman

Being a novelist, you can roam around with a story and indulge yourself.

— Gillian Flynn

Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting.

— Charles Stross

I consider myself foremost a novelist with the intent of crafting stories that people will remember.

— Nicholas Sparks

I am a novelist at heart.

— Vera Nazarian

There is no screenplay-writing recipe that guarantees your cake will rise.

— Robert McKee

All novelists must form their personal pacts in some way with the slowness of their craft. There are some who demand of themselves a…

— Graham Swift

There are many reasons why novelists write, but they all have one thing in common - a need to create an alternative world.

— John Fowles

Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.

— Carly Fiorina

I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars.

— Fred Allen

Being a screenwriter is not enough for a full creative life.

— William Goldman

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.

— Sophie Kinsella