“Don't talk to me any more about poetry for months -- unless it is other men's work. I really love verse, even rubbish. But I'm fearfully busy at a novel, and brush all the gossamer of verse off my face.” MenFacesNovelMonthsBusyVersesBrushesRubbishTalk To MeDon't Talk To Me Book:The Letters of D. H. Lawrence Source: The Letters of D. H. Lawrence
“writers of novels are so busy being solitary that they haven't time to meet one another. But then, a writer learns nothing from a writer, conversationally. If a writer has anything witty, profound or quotable to say he doesn't say it. He's no fool. He writes it.” IfsWritingNovelHavensFoolProfoundBusyWittySolitary Book:A Kind of Magic Source: A Kind of Magic
“I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad.” ThinkingWayMadeIdeasNovelModernDadRight NowBusyTalesToo BusyFaerieChroniclesModern DayGreat Short Author:Patrick Rothfuss
“For me writing is an organic process that starts with engaging the language and then thinking about the structure of the novel as you move along. Especially in revision you start to notice correlations. Things come up, not self-consciously, because you're busy feeling your way through sentences and trying to push the language into new places.” ThinkingWayWritingTryingSelfFeelingsMovingLanguageProcessNovelStructureBusyCome UpSentencesEngagingRevisionCorrelationNew Places Author:Dana Spiotta
“I, alas, must present myself somewhat ignominiously as a chef in a busy kitchen. Somewhere a novel is bubbling on a back burner, an old attempt at history may come out of the freezer.” MayNovelBusyKitchenChefAlasFreezerBack Burner Author:Theodore White
“I co-edited an anthology called Interfictions with Delia Sherman and wrote a short scholarly book on three women poets called Voices from Fairyland: The Fantastical Poems of Mary Coleridge, Charlotte Mew, and Sylvia Townsend Warner. So I've been busy, but I haven't had time to write a novel.” WritingBookThreeVoiceNovelHavensPoetBusyMaryAnthologyCharlotteEditedScholarly Author:Theodora Goss