“A problem with my novels is that they, from the start, have been infantile and incredibly childish. There are childishness, stupidity, lack of wisdom, fantasies. At the same time, that's where my creativity can be found. If I tried to control it and make it more mature, it wouldn't be good at all. It'd be uninteresting, without any vivacity.” IfsHas BeensProblemFoundCreativityFantasyNovelStupidityBe GoodMatureInfantileChildishnessVivacity Author:Karl Ove Knausgard
“Probably writers should forget what it was like to write the last novel, and the one before that, and the one before that, or we should all be plumbers. It must be good to be a plumber. Everyone is happy to see you, and no one reviews your work.” ShouldWritingLastsForgetNovelBe GoodReviewsPlumberHappy To See You Author:Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
“Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them, and you may be good enough to be publishable.” PeopleIfsMayEnoughStoriesNovelBe GoodGood EnoughShort Story Author:Neil Gaiman
“Thomas Mann used to write education novels and now you can write an education memoir, and there are all these memoirs coming out now about people's relationships with books. Like anything else, these can be good or bad. The genre doesn't make it good or bad, it's the execution.” PeopleWritingBookUsedNovelBe GoodMemoirGenreComing OutExecution Author:Marco Roth