Writer Quotes and aphorisms about troubles Dr. Seuss Ella Wheeler Wilcox ,, No difficulty can discourage, no obstacle dismay, no trouble dishearten the man who has acquired th... Henry Drummond Mason Cooley Don Herold Alice Munro ,, While working on my first five books, I kept wishing I was writing a novel. I thought until you wro... Philip Pullman Michael Robotham Tom Drury ,, I don't think of my characters as bumbling. I think that trouble is what drives a novel, both big t... Jonathan Nolan