Believe Quote by P. G. Wodehouse

“I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether;…

— P. G. Wodehouse

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.

— Kanye West

Writing novels is a way of living alternative lives.

— Melvyn Bragg

A lot of being a writer doesn't have anything to do with writing. It's ironic - I have to squeeze the books in, even…

— Augusten Burroughs

People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.

— Flannery O'Connor

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'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

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in…

— Paul Auster

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

— Gish Jen

When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and I want…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Writing fiction is ... an endless and always defeated effort to capture some quality of life without killing it.

— Rose Wilder Lane

The truth about being a writer is you do not choose the stories you tell, but stories choose you. You do not choose, therefore,…

— Rosa Montero