Books Quote by Patrick Modiano

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

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

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a…

— John Gardner

To write a novel is to embark on a quest that is very romantic. People have visions, and the next step is to execute…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Writing a novel is like an amusement park or a museum or a city. You go into that place and you have certain experiences…

— Mohsin Hamid

Writing a novel isn't like building a brick wall. You don't figure out how to do it, and then it gets easier each time…

— Kate DiCamillo

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

— Joyce Carol Oates

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

The process of writing a novel is getting to know more about the novel until you know everything about it. And it's been described…

— Martin Amis

To make it interesting and worth doing, writing a novel has to be a leap into the unknown. I have to be unsure if…

— Charles Palliser

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of…

— Eudora Welty

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

— Ford Madox Ford