The first seven years that I wrote fiction, I sent out stories and a novel and made a total of $25.
Jess WalterIt would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it.
Piers AnthonyWho says only long tedious novels are good to read when all that can be summed up in one line
Priyansh ShahDo your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can.
Richard HughesWhen you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.
Sidney SheldonA publisher many years ago asked if I'd like to write a novel for £50. And I said, 'Absolutely.'
Tom StoppardWhen I wrote The Onion Field, I realized that my first two novels were just practice.
Joseph Wambaugh