John Braine Professions : Novelist Born : April 13, 1922 Died : October 28, 1986 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by John Braine Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion that one needs. John Braine solitude writing needs It isn't that inspiration doesn't exist, but it comes only with writing. John Braine inspiration action writing There isn't, unfortunately, any way of discovering whether you can write a publishable novel except by writing it. John Braine novel writing way To be shockingly original with your first novel, you don’t have to discover a new technique: Simply write about people as they are and not as the predominantly liberal and humanist literary establishment believes that they ought to be. John Braine writing believe people Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem. John Braine thought-provoking reading book Writing's not always a pleasure to me, but if I'm not writing every other pleasure loses its savour. John Braine savour pleasure writing I've no desire to be ill-dressed; but I hate the feeling that I daren't be ill-dressed if I want to. John Braine hate desire feelings Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors
