Boat Quote by Walter Mosley

Writing a novel isn't like building a brick wall. You don't figure out how to do it, and then it gets easier each time…

— Kate DiCamillo

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a…

— John Gardner

Writing a story is like going down a path in the woods. You follow the path. You don't worry about getting lost. You just…

— Jan Brett

Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of…

— Eudora Welty

Writing a novel is an incredibly free experience. One puts one's self in a narrative mode. You can go off in any direction -…

— David Mamet

I quickly realised that it is difficult to get started when writing a novel. You have this dream of what you want to create,…

— Patrick Modiano

Writing a novel is like an amusement park or a museum or a city. You go into that place and you have certain experiences…

— Mohsin Hamid

Writing a novel in general is like trying to reach a mountain top you'll never quite reach - so you try again and maybe…

— Harlan Coben

Novel writing, like so many things in life, is an iterative process. You come at it again and again, working at it like you…

— Kameron Hurley

With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens to people,…

— Dave Barry

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

I think that, as a writer, while it's your job to construct stories, you have to navigate your way through them with your heart.

— Abi Morgan