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Writing fiction is for me a fraught business, an occasion of daily dread for at least the first half of the novel, and sometimes…

— Joan Didion

Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time.

— Deborah Eisenberg

It's rare that a good writer will sit down and write a good script. Writers are greedy too, and they don't want to work…

— Richard Gere

I personally have a great deal of respect for readers. I have a great deal of respect for the human race. I think most…

— Neil Gaiman

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they don't try or give up when their efforts don't lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

Good writing is good writing. In many ways, it’s the audience and their expectations that define a genre. A reader of literary fiction expects…

— Rosemary Clement-Moore

Most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don’t understand very much about what they do—not why it works…

— Stephen King

My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've met say…

— Douglas Coupland

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

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

— John Grisham

I think the path to becoming a writer has become more through the novel. It's easier to get a novel published than a book…

— Jess Walter

Fiction writers are strange beasts. They are, like all writers, observers first and foremost. Everything that happens to and around them is potential material…

— Terry Brooks