“Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion that one needs.” NeedsWritingSolitudeQuietBarriersDesirableSeclusion Book:Writing a Novel Source: Writing a Novel
“I've no desire to be ill-dressed; but I hate the feeling that I daren't be ill-dressed if I want to.” IfsWantFeelingsDesireHateI HateIll Book:Room at the top Source: Room at the top
“Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem.” BookReadingLibraryThought ProvokingLibrarianComebackLibraries And LibrariansHaremEunuchs Author:John Braine
“It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing.” WritingInspirationAction Book:Writing a Novel Source: Writing a Novel
“Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour.” IfsWritingLosesPleasureSavour Author:John Braine
“There isn't, unfortunately, any way of discovering whether you can write a publishable novel except by writing it.” WayWritingNovelDiscovering Book:Writing a Novel Source: Writing a Novel
“To be shockingly original with your first novel, you don’t have to discover a new technique: Simply write about people as they are and not as the predominantly liberal and humanist literary establishment believes that they ought to be.” PeopleWritingFirstsBelieveNovelOughtOriginalsTechniqueHumanistEstablishment Book:Writing a Novel Source: Writing a Novel