Books Quote by Zadie Smith

I believe you have to write every day–make the time. It’s about having an organized mind instead of a chaotic and untidy one. There…

— Jeanette Winterson

The process of writing a novel is like taking a journey by boat. You have to continually set yourself on course. If you get…

— Walter Mosley

If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.

— Fran Lebowitz

Don't force yourself to write. Some people can write a novel in a few months, whereas for others it can take over a year.…

— Cecelia Ahern

When I want to read a novel, I write one.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I write at a pace that suits me, and sometimes it's two books a year, but most often it's one.

— Michael Connelly

I've found that writing novels is an all-absorbing experience - both physical and mental - and I have to do it every day in…

— Paul Auster

I'm not reading any novels right now, though not for lack of trying. Unless they're really good, my attention in most novels tends to…

— Matthew Healy

In the end I write the novels I need to write when I need to write them.

— Steve Erickson

Writing is a solitary pursuit and I think you have to be partially at peace with yourself, but it's the other part that's usually…

— Craig Johnson

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

I don't write a novel every two years.

— Jayne Anne Phillips