#novelist

I get work because I'm primarily a novelist but I've become script doctor. I can work back and forth between French and English. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#because #become #between #doctor #english

On every page, confidence fights with self-doubt. Every sentence is an act of faith. Why would anybody want to do it? ↗

— David Morrell

#novelist #purpose #questions #writer #writing

A novelist can’t be without a kimono and pen!(Shigure) ↗

— Natsuki Takaya

#kimono #novelists #shigure #writers #humor

Fueled by my inspiration, I ran across the room to steal the cup of coffee the bookshelf had taken prisoner. Lapping the black watery brew like a hyena, I tossed the empty cup aside. I then returned to the chair to continue my divine act of creation. Hot blood swished in my head as my mighty pen stole across the page. ↗

— Roman Payne

#artists #artists-life #coffee #creation #creativity

I thought I wanted to be a journalist or a novelist. ↗

— Lena Dunham

#journalist #novelist #thought #wanted

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face. ↗

— Caleb Carr

#face #fiction #fiction writer #grew #had

I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#far #field #great #i #i do

Dostoevski does not tell you what to think about his legend, but he requires that you think about it. The novelist was a deeply religious man and he always thought many readers missed that point about him. ↗

— Suzanne Fields

#always #deeply #does #him #his

I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school. ↗

— Chris Cleave

#common #guy #i #i think #lot

It is the job of the novelist to touch the reader. ↗

— Elizabeth George

#novelist #reader #touch