Create Quote by Nicola Griffith

You have to be able to invest in your own creations, to suspend your own disbelief in order to be able to write them.…

— Alastair Reynolds

“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 can make you feel a bit psychotic. You create a world, and you're sitting inside it all day long, talking to people who…

— Julian Barratt

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.

— David Brin

You have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

— Doris Lessing

“A writer flirts with schizophrenia, nurtures synesthesia, and embraces obsessive-compulsive disorder. Your art feeds on you, your soul, and, yes, to a degree, your…

— David Mitchell

“Don't be afraid of what others may think. Your creativity belongs to you, your inspiration, your imagination is all yours. Be passionate and write…

— Sheila Renee Parker

As a writer, you need a strong sense of self-belief. And when it comes to writing, I've always had that.

— Ronald Frame

One has to live a life that creates a writer.

— Erno Paasilinna

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

— Gillian Flynn

Novelists are people who have discovered that they can dampen their neuroses by writing make-believe. We will keep on doing that no matter what,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Eventually, I realised that I wanted to try to create something myself, and that's what writing novels is. Not because I wanted to put…

— Chris Pavone