How To Write A Novel Quotes

“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid anymore, because when I write, I am not trying to prove anything to anyone, I am just expressing myself and my opinions. It’s ok if my opinions are different from those of the reader, each of us can have his own opinions. So writing is like talking, if you are afraid of writing, you may end up being afraid of talking”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“The power of a writer is that he is a god of sorts. He can create his own worlds and populate them with his own people, all by the powers of his imagination. It's the closest a man can come close to the gods. No wonder the most successful writers are considered immortals”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Many writers write because they’ve been there, seen that, did it and burnt their fingers”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology or withdraw your statements”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“A writer is never alone, he is always with himself”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Words disappear in the air, but writing remains. If you want something to be remembered about you, write it down”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“A writer reports on the universe. When he presents his credentials, the gates of heaven and hell are equally opened to him. He can hear the devil’s defense and god’s accusations. The guards at the king’s heart let him in. The writer can be anything and any one he wants. When he writes he is a god, he creates.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Don't believe in everything that is written. Not everything that is written is true”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“People speak even after their death. Only do speak those who have recorded their speech in writing before they die, the rest go silent forever”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“We write, not because we claim to know more than others, but perhaps because we want to know more than others. Writers are explorers”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Writing is exposing yourself to strangers”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“One author said "I write because I want to live a footprint in the sands of history.” It's hard to live a footprint in the sands of history when giants are passing through the same sands unless you are one of the giants”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“You say you have nothing to write about? How do you find things to talk about? You can write about those things you like to talk about, that's your area of expertise”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“. If you want to write, just write anything that comes into your mind. You will be surprised at how you can force inspiration to stand on your side.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Now the second common characteristic of fiction follows from this, and it is that fiction is presented in such a way that the reader has the sense that it is unfolding around him. This doesn't mean he has to identify himself with the character or feel compassion for the character or anything like that. It just means that fiction has to be largely presented rather than reported. Another way to say it is that though fiction is a narrative art, it relies heavily on the element of drama.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“One day I will write a book. An epitaph”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“If you are writing fiction, think like a god. Release all the power of your imagination; create worlds and destroy them at your will, create as many miracles as your story needs”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“I am what I have ever read”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“I'll call any length of fiction a story, whether it be a novel or a shorter piece, and I'll call anything a story in which specific characters and events influence each other to form a meaningful narrative. I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one. Then they find themselves writing a sketch with an essay woven through it, or an essay with a sketch woven through it, or an editorial with a character in it, or a case history with a moral, or some other mongrel thing. When they realize that they aren't writing stories, they decide that the remedy for this is to learn something that they refer to as "the technique of the short story" or "the technique of the novel." Technique in the minds of many is something rigid, something like a formula that you impose on the material; but in the best stories it is something organic, something that grows out of the material, and this being the case, it is different for every story of any account that has ever been written.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“Writing is a competition between the writer and the page. When the page wins, you fail as a writer.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“I am sorry, I am not a writer. I simply put my thoughts on paper. Those helped by them call them a book and me a writer. Those who are not helped call it rubbish and me a fool. Both have reason.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Life's a book filled on pages
Just awaiting to be written.
Some don't open it for ages,
Maybe afraid of being bitten.”
― Ana Claudia Antunes, How to Make a Book

“Writing is sharing. You share what you have. Great writers have more to share”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“Writing is magic happening on paper”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“The fact is that if the writer's attention is on producing a work of art, a work that is good in itself, he is going to take great pains to control every excess, everything that does not contribute to this central meaning and design. He cannot indulge in sentimentality, in propagandizing, or in pornography and create a work of art, for all these things are excesses. They call attention to themselves and distract from the work as a whole.”
― Flannery O'Connor, Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose

“How do you feel when you read stuff written by dead authors? A visit by a ghost?”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity

“How to write a book? Start writing, continue writing, finish writing.”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“Every book has its ancestors”
― Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

“99% of self-published authors will never make any money with their books.”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, The Ugly Truth About Self-Publishing: Not another cookie-cutter contemporary romance