Career Quote by Trent Williams

I've been through a lot in my career. I've been through the ups, I've been through the downs. I've been through the highs and…

— Matt Cassel

Stories are hard. I have friends who knock out stories on a weekly or monthly basis, like they're running on medicinal-strength Updike. But for…

— Junot Diaz

I feel ups and downs are a part of one's career, and this totally depends on how you take it. You can either be…

— Deepika Padukone

A downside to being a successful novelist? Wow - I can't imagine one.

— Andrew Sean Greer

“Stories serve multiple purposes. At a basic level they are great entertainment, which is essential for living a happy and healthy life, but on…

— Dean F. Wilson

I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.

— Abbas Kiarostami

Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting.

— Charles Stross

“story telling is not a career, it's a calling. I've been writing true and compelling news my entire professional life. My novels are packs…

— Glen Carter

Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to the pressure…

— Sylvia Day

A novel ensures that we can look before and after, take action at whatever pace we choose, read again and again, skip and go…

— William Golding

With Groo, I try to do one story every book. Sometimes the stories are better if they go a little longer, and I choose…

— Sergio Aragones

I have seen a lots of ups and downs in my career and one can always bounce back.

— Chunky Pandey