Books Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

“The three rules to writing a novel; 1) Write 2) Write more 3) Keep writing”

— SciFurz

The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story - and then your story!

— Ford Madox Ford

There are no rules. You can write a story, if you wish, with no conflict, no suspense, no beginning, middle or end. Of course,…

— Fredric Brown

Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any…

— Tom Robbins

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The…

— Don Roff

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

— Gore Vidal

I don't know how everyone writes a novel; that sounds exhausting.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

The greatest thing about writing a book is that at first it's all inchoate, but the more you work on it, the more the…

— George Saunders

A novel, basically, is writing one sentence — then, without violating the scope of the first one, writing the next sentence.

— Anonymous

Ironically, writing a novel is not a way to sort out your confusion.

— Curtis Sittenfeld

To make it interesting and worth doing, writing a novel has to be a leap into the unknown. I have to be unsure if…

— Charles Palliser

If there's a book that you want to read,but hasn't been written yet,then you must write it.

— Toni Morrison