Valerie Plame Quotes

Oh you know, I've been writing a novel.

I read all the time. Sometimes I get asked if I've thought about writing a novel.

Writing novels is the most exciting.

I had reached a point in my career in which I was ready to try something new in my writing, and the idea of a novel has always been in the back of my mind.

It's really hard to be a story writer - no matter how much acclaim you get - and not write a novel.

I started out as a novelist and wrote several novels before deciding to publish one, and I fully intend to go back to the form.

I might just write a novel next. I don't know!

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

I was twenty-seven when I came up with the idea for my first novel.

I wanted to find something I could do at home. I sat down with a friend and made a list of all the things I could try, and one of them was writing a novel.

My first job is to write a book that I believe is compelling and deserves the long sustained attention that any novel requires, and to worry about the commerce only late in the game.

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing. It is so much different from my traditional day of dirty fingernails and greasy hair and hot pans.

I wanted to see if I could write a good book.

I'm hoping to get started on a new novel.

I didn't think I could pull off a novel.

I always thought it would be so much fun to write a book.

I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.

I'm not sure I have the physical strength to undertake a novel.

I've never abandoned the novel.

The novel, for me, was an accident. I really don't consider myself a novelist.

There's a lot of ignorance about how long it takes to write a novel. There's a lot of ignorance about how long a novel is in your head before you start to write it.

It makes more sense to write one big book - a novel or nonfiction narrative - than to write many stories or essays. Into a long, ambitious project you can fit or pour all you possess and learn.

Try writing a book, dude. That's difficult.

Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.

I would say the reason that I've never written a novel is because I've never written a novel.