“The impulse to write a novel comes from a momentary unified vision of life.”

“Life is God's novel. Let him write it. ”

Georg Büchner (1813–1837) German dramatist and writer of poetry and prose

“From the pain come the dream.
From the dream come the vision.
From the vision come the people.
From the people come the power.
From this power come the change.”

Peter Gabriel (1950) English singer-songwriter, record producer and humanitarian

“In writing a novel, when in doubt, have two guys come through the door with guns.”

Raymond Chandler (1888–1959) Novelist, screenwriter

“We cannot form and enhance personality without encouraging strong impulse and strong vision in the individual. Such impulse and such vision must seek a collective voice and a social expression.”

Roberto Mangabeira Unger book The Self Awakened: Pragmatism Unbound

“The very impulse to write springs from an inner chaos crying for order - for meaning.”

Arthur Miller (1915–2005) playwright from the United States

“You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.”

Gene Wolfe (1931–2019) American science fiction and fantasy writer

“Writing a novel is not very difficult: you simply write ten pages a day for a month and then you have a novel.”

Henri Peyre (1901–1988) American linguist

“Writing a novel is agony.”

George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist

“Thrice round her neck my eager arms I threw;
Thrice from my empty arms the phantom flew,
Swift as the wind, with momentary flight,
Swift as a fleeting vision of the night.”

Christopher Pitt (1699–1748) English poet