Books Quote by Robert Sheckley Download Open image “A novel is often a longer process in handling self-doubt.” — Robert Sheckley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.6 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Doubt Novel Process Self Self doubt
I've always operated with a great deal of self-doubt. Every time I start a new book it's like, well, this one will destroy the… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I have more self-doubt than any writer I've ever known.... The positive aspect of self-doubt - if you can channel it into useful activity… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I do want to say the process of writing a novel is riddled with self-doubt and self-loathing. — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There’s plenty… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; youre on permanent trial. — Antonio Munoz Molina Copy Share Image
“Self-doubt is every writer’s nemesis. While healthy in moderation, unchecked self-doubt can lead to procrastination, crippling perfectionism, and ultimately failure. If you’re drawn to… — Will Raywood Copy Share Image
As a writer, you live in permanent self-doubt; you're on permanent trial. — Antonio Munoz Molina Copy Share Image
“A novel is the final common pathway of a writer's experiences, fears, wishes, thoughts, feelings & fantasies. All is distilled in a novel.” — Mark Rubinstein Copy Share Image
Novels are a kind of experiment in selfhood, for the reader as well as for the author. — Jonathan Dee Copy Share Image
The only virtue on which I pride myself is my self-doubt; when a writer loses her self-doubt, the time has come to lay aside… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Books, by their very nature and variety, help us grow in empathy for others, in tolerance and awareness. But they should increase our skepticism… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
“Readers are distrustful and, although they accept the rules of the proposed game upon entry, they remain on the lookout for the slightest contradiction… — Marcos Giralt Torrente Copy Share Image
Why in God's name should a God be praised if he is only performing his Godly function? — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
I don't finish every story, but I probably write and send out three out of five of them. — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
Wherever you go in the galaxy, you can find a food business, a house-building business, a war business, a peace business, a governing business,… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
“You must realize, Mr. Blaine, that a man is not his body, for he receives his body accidentally. He is not his skills, for… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
“But that's crazy, " George said. "How can I be the Average American Man? I'm only five foot eight and my name is Blaxter… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
I knew I was doing something right because it was selling so I didn't want to interfere with it. — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
“She was an extremely attractive woman if you liked the type, which could best be described as homicidal schizophrenic paranoiac with kittenish overtones.” — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
I'm not too fond of the hard work and the constant battle with self-doubt that goes on when I write, but I figure that's… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
I sell well now in Russia. I remember one signing in Russia some years ago where the bookstore had two strongmen to hold the… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even.… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
