Discouraged Quote by Robert Boswell

Writing is such a solitary thing, so it's nice, when I'm discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.

— Robert Boswell

Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives.

— Sheila Heti

Every time I wrote fiction, I was discouraged, and every time I wrote nonfiction, I was encouraged.

— Ron Chernow

Fiction writing is just an excuse to go discover interesting things.

— Anthony Doerr

The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people.

— John Grisham

Writing fiction means putting a lot of what you believe about the world at risk, because you have to follow your characters.

— Phil Klay

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

— Wally Lamb

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

When you write fiction, you're like a bird making a nest. You remember every little story ever told you. It's funny how things come…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

Writing fiction, I really just sit there and it just comes.

— Alexander McCall Smith

I love writing fiction - you can take just what you want from a place, and leave the rest.

— Kate Grenville

I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.

— Roxane Gay