Paul F. Tompkins Quotes

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

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

I have a lot of books I want to write.

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

Now I'm trying to work outside first person. I do plan to write more books.

I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.

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

Writers are troubled about finding time to write and writer's block and publicizing books that aren't books yet. They agonize over how to write and what to write and what not to write.

I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.

Writing novels is the most exciting.

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.

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

But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into novels.

For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures.

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

I've moved on to Plan B now, writing novels.

Writing a book is not easy.

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

I'm not a writer who refuses to talk about a book until I've finished.

I want to wake up one morning and know how to write page one, or page 10, or page 250. But I never seem to know how to do it. Every book is different and takes a different structure, style, process, etc. And relearning how to write is where the insanity comes from.

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.

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.