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“Writing a novel is like building a wall brick by brick; only amateurs believe in inspiration.”

Writing Believe Inspiration Novel Building Wall Construction Bricks

Author:Frank Yerby

“One of the major challenges facing creative individuals is that of building upon the continuity of human knowledge while achieving novel insights. ... On the one hand, to intensify an inquiry and develop a sense of commitment to a creative life, the learner needs models, teachers, and collaborators. On the other hand, the individual, while building upon the past, needs to transform it, and thus broaden his or her choices.”

“A story is like building a chapel; a novel is a cathedral.”

Stories Novel Building Cathedrals Chapel

Author:Rosario Ferre

“I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I became interested in how cathedrals were built, and from there I became interested in the society that built the medieval cathedral. It occurred to me at some point that the story of the building of a cathedral could be a great popular novel.”

Stories Novel Building One Day Built Medieval Cathedrals Blown Away

Author:Ken Follett

“This is another thing which I really like investigating in my novels: what is it that makes an intimate society, that makes a society in which moral concern for others will be possible? Part of that I think are manners and ritual. We tried to get rid of manners, we tried to abolish manners in the '60s. Manners were very, very old-fashioned and un-cool. And of course we didn't realise that manners are the building blocks of proper moral relationships between people.”

People Thinking Courses Moral Novel Building Concern Block Manners Intimate Ritual Realising Old Fashioned Abolish Investigating Building Blocks Concern For Others

Author:Alexander McCall Smith

“A visionary company is like a great work of art. Think of Michelangelo's scenes from Genesis on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel or his statue of David. Think of a great and enduring novel like Huckleberry Finn or Crime and Punishment. Think of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony or Shakespeare's Henry V. Think of a beautifully designed building, like the masterpieces of Frank Lloyd Wright or Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. You can't point to any one single item that makes the whole thing work; it's the entire work-all the pieces working together to create an overall effect-that leads to enduring greatness.”

Source: Thinking for a Change: 11 Ways Highly Successful People Approach Life and Work

“Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.”

Writing Universe Novel Building Dollhouses

Author:Jill McCorkle

“I have a very strong sense of architecture in my novels. But at first it's sometimes like building a doorknob before you have a door, and a door before you have a room.”

Firsts Sometimes Strong Rooms Novel Doors Building Architecture Very Strong

Author:Nicole Krauss

“The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.”

Writing Novel Building Architecture Crafts Tire

Author:John Irving

“Software is definitely engineering. It's different in that we take on novel tasks every time. It's not like building a certain bridge that is virtually identical to some previous bridge or some previous building.”

Different Certain Novel Building Tasks Bridges Software Engineering Identical

Author:Bill Gates