A Quote by Rachel Kushner

I'm not sure if you can strive your way into a career as a novelist. You have to write books; there are no short cuts.

Rachel Kushner

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Rachel Kushner
American - Writer
Born: 1968

I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts consultant. Most of my books have been published by Warner Books, now known as Grand Central Books.

Nalo Hopkinson

I hadn't meant to do the pattern of publishing short stories and then a novel. I thought, 'I'm a novelist. I know it.' But you have to kind of write a lot of bad novels before you can write a good one, I think, so I did that. But meanwhile, I loved the short stories I did.

Andrew Sean Greer

I've heard some writers say things like, 'Well, I'm a professional writer. I only start books I know I can finish.' I look at it maybe the other way: I only want to write books I'm not sure I can write.

Markus Zusak

My books arose from my own experience, when I sought guidance in practical leadership in my career. In sum, I strive to write the kind of book that I would find valuable in my own life.

James M Strock

I studied the short story as part of my creative writing course at university but then set off as a novelist. Generally, there is a sense that even if you want to write short stories, you need to do a novel first.

Sarah Hall

I'm only a novelist on occasion. Many of my books are made up of brief texts collected together, short stories, or else they are books that have an overall structure but are composed of various texts.

Italo Calvino

For years, I felt I was a novelist, but now I know I can write short fiction.

Jill McCorkle

If you're looking for reps, write letters that are short and professional. Make sure you have a really great reel of yourself. If there are friends you know who are making short films, do them - it's all material for your reel.

Zawe Ashton

Regarding one's career: always be prepared, no short cuts - hard work is the only alternative that really works.

Kiana Tom

There are two ways to look at my publishing career. One is that I'm a novelist churning out books, who is eight into a series; the other way is that I'm a cartoonist, just starting out. Most cartoonists have long careers: Charles Schulz drew Peanuts for 50 years.

Jeff Kinney

Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.

Mark Z. Danielewski

The short story, it's not a step on the way to becoming a novelist.

Stephen Graham Jones

Somebody said, 'Hey, there is a lull in your career. Why don't you write books about your [dyslexia]?' We are currently writing our 34th novel.

Henry Winkler

One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.

Marina Tsvetaeva

I don't put a lot of description in the books because I write books the way I like to read them, and that is I like to build images and be a creative reader, and so I write that way.

Michael Connelly

I'm an author. And writers write books. And writing books is a full-time career.

Marianne Williamson

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