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George Orwell 473
English author and journalist 1903–1950Related quotes
“You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.”
Henri Peyre, at Yale, as quoted in Graham, Garrett, The Writer's Voice: Conversations with Contemporary Writers (1973), p. 272
“The central problem of novel-writing is causality.”
"Narrative Art and Magic" ["El arte narrativo y la magia"]
Discussion (1932)
“Life is God's novel. Let him write it.”
Quoted in Voices for Life (1975) edited by Dom Moraes
“The hard part about writing a novel is finishing it.”
“Life is God's novel. Let him write it. ”
“One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.”
Quoted in The Edmonton Journal (8 March 1999), C3
“When I want to read a novel, I write one.”