Quotes About Passion

Why does any novelist keep writing long after they've made money? Because they've failed to write the perfect novel.

I am a novelist through and through.

My whole life, I've wanted to be a novelist.

I'm not a writer; I'm not a novelist.

It feels like when novelists say they find their characters are doing things they never thought they'd do, the material comes alive, and that's how I feel making music.

Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists.

Most people like a little sex in their novels.

I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier.

You know, I read graphic novels but not encyclopedically.

I think sex is a very minor part of most romance novels.

What I like about writing novels is that I'm in my own world for nine months.

I grew up on Jane Austen novels and was a massive literature fanatic when I was a kid - I read everything I could get my hands on.

There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you don't love the genre, it's going to show, and it's not going to be a good book.

I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows.

Writing novels is the most exciting.

Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew I was going to write a horror novel.

My novels come from within me; they are things I feel I want to do.

I have always loved to read, and now that I have penned 10 novels and a few magazine articles, I have fallen seriously in love with writing stories and seeing them go out into the world. It's magical, you know?

I'd probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren't for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I'm much happier writing novels!

I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them again. I hope I'm savvy enough to do them in the right way.

I love novels, but I'm not a novelist. I'm just a dramatist, which means I write lines for actors. That's all I have ever wanted to do.

I had novels to write, so I wrote them.

I have read a number of books, starting with novels, that I particularly liked.

I read too many romance novels during my formative years. I have a penchant for romantic comedies. I understand why 'Romeo and Juliet' came to such a pass.