Books Quote by Sloane Crosley

When I was 19, I wrote a novel, which was not very good, but I finished it.

— Naomi Alderman

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay.

— Flannery O'Connor

I wrote the worst novel ever.

— Sophie Ellis-Bextor

It always strikes me how almost unbelievably bad are the early versions of my novels.

— Nicholas Mosley

I was a terrible writer at first.

— Gabby Barrett

It's a terrible thing that your life turns into a good story.

— Salman Rushdie

My first published novel was written for teenagers, and there were rules laid down by the publisher: no sex, no smoking, no swearing. I…

— Ben Bova

I have died and gone to the land of bad novels.

— Gail Carriger

My twenties were a write-off. It's a cruel illness, because you can't see it and you can hide it so well.

— Sarah Lancashire

It's terrible to be young. It's terrible. Terrible

— William Faulkner

I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty.

— Grace Paley

The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life.

— Andre Maurois