Richard House Quotes

My first novel, 'Sacrifice,' was set on the Shetland Islands.

I had a few stories and longer pieces published, but my first proper novel came in 2003, called 'Dead I Well May Be.'

If I ever write a book, it will be called 'Bottle Blonde.'

The older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I dive in and plunge too far.

I'm excited to bring my characters to life in book form.

I write novels and other things.

I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists.

I had just begun an M.A. in Creative Writing, and I had to write a novel, so I began writing a novel that later became 'A Life Apart.'

I started my career as a novelist. 'Veronica Mars' was first imagined as a novel.

I'm not a teacher; I'm not a historian. I'm trying to create a world for my characters.

A novel is not a rant.

I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote anything more than 250 pages.

So much emotion goes into writing fiction.

I spend about a year between novels.

Obviously any fiction is going to be a combination of what is invented, what is overheard, what is experienced, what is experienced by people close to you, what you are told, what you have read, all mixed together into this kind of soup which, like any good soup, at the end you cannot really distinguish the ingredients.

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 don't read books regularly, because I'm always writing them. I've written 30 books, thousands of pages.

You have to have heart's passion to write a novel.

Everyone has early fiction fantasies, but it wasn't until my second child Betsy was born that I allowed the urge to write a novel bubble up.

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.

I love writing shorter fiction.

I must write the book out in my head now, before I sit down.

I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'

I write both fiction and nonfiction. I begin my fiction with the main character. The story comes later.