Books Quote by Nelson DeMille

I'm used to writing short stories, which is primarily what I like to read.

— Matthew Healy

I try to write short novels and leave details out not because I want to be minimalist, but because I think that it enables…

— Mohsin Hamid

I also write the last paragraph or page of a story first. That way I always know what I'm working towards.

— Truman Capote

I write, fighting for every sentence, fighting to hold the reader with every paragraph.

— Hector Tobar

I'm not a fast reader. I like to linger over each sentence, enjoying the style. If I don't enjoy the writing, I stop.

— Haruki Murakami

I am not a great fan of serious, heavy writing. I prefer simple, short sentences, light on prose.

— Ravi Subramanian

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote…

— Ruskin Bond

Leave out the parts that readers tend to skip.

— Henry Miller

but for my own part, if a book is well written, I always find it too short.

— Jane Austen

I am a very slow reader. I have to have things written in a pithy way.

— Matt Hancock

I wasted a lot of years working on my writing and very grandly saying, 'And now... My Novel!,' which would soon be reduced to…

— George Saunders

I write down portions, maybe fragments, and perhaps an imperfect view of what Im hoping to write. Out of that, I keep trying to…

— James Salter