Books Quote by Thomas Mallon

I've always got a novel under way, but if I try to work on it every day, exclusively, I falter. So I always keep…

— Thomas Mallon

I'm always working on my next novel, even when I'm not.

— George Pelecanos

I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once -- I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck…

— Dan Chaon

I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once - I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck…

— Dan Chaon

“I personally find that having a couple of projects going at once can be an aid to focus, refreshing my brain as I go…

— Charles Finch

When I am occupied with a work that requires continuity - a novel, for example - I write every day.

— Jose Saramago

When I start getting close to the end of a novel, something registers in the back of my mind for the next novel, so…

— Richard Russo

Occasionally, I just need to escape from my work or be reminded of the comparative bliss of my own life, so I pick up…

— David Macaulay

I write every day. I'm always in the process of writing my last book, until the next one.

— Farley Mowat

Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and indeed critical…

— Cory Doctorow

Whenever I write a novel, I have a strong sense that I am doing something I was unable to do before. With each new…

— Haruki Murakami

I seem always to have two or three novels going at once. It takes me a long time to finish one.

— Michael Helm