I must love big novels, because that's what I've written. It takes a while before you begin to breathe the air the… — Norman Rush Copy Share Image
A writer should bury his thoughts deep and convey them through the characters in his novel. — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
One of the ways my first novel failed was that I was too in love with my characters. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
There're no novels that I like to read so I write my own novels, and then I read them again, and it's… — Willow Smith Copy Share Image
It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
A novel usually begins, in my experience, with a thought or image that won't leave me alone. — John Lanchester Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
My first two novels were set in the past, and that freed me up in a lot of ways; it allowed me… — Jennifer Gilmore Copy Share Image
it is wrong to chide the novel for being fascinated by mysterious coincidences... but it is right to chide man for being… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Film is important; it can be more than reportage or a novel - it creates images people have never seen before, never… — Steve McQueen Copy Share Image
I may attempt a novel. I think that no matter what you write, it requires being honest with oneself, and you have… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters thoughts… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“The two weary but still talkative wizards sat in a pair of fan-backed chairs and pitched pebbles at the drunken satyr in… — John Bellairs Copy Share Image
A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
“When he spoke of love, it was in the manner of someone who can recite a phrase in a foreign language but… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
“A novelist's job is almost to be a stupid as possible, except in the cunning moment when you need to structure something,… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
Along the (writing) way accidents happen, detours get taken... But these are not "divine" accidents; I don't believe in those. I believe… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I don't think a novel's main donation, main gift, is the document. The document is there, but a novel goes beyond documentation.… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Once in a while - perhaps every 10 years, or even every generation - a novel appears that profoundly questions the way… — Tash Aw Copy Share Image
If I haven't put that on a T-shirt, I'm going to. Actually, I really don't want to write anything that can't be… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
In his scintillating new novel, Matt Bondurant explores a crucial period in the history of Virginia and of his family. His gorgeous,… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
“Here’s the truth: I am the female version of a heartbreaker. The one that everyone says is too dedicated to ballet, too… — Katherine Owen Copy Share Image
“It was just a word. It took nothing from him. It made him feel only as low as he allowed himself to… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
“I guess it’s true: it’s difficult for men to understand women.” — Santonu Kumar Dhar Copy Share Image
If you want to write a novel, it's the Divine mind wanting to express. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
Art, at any rate in a novel, must be indissolubly linked with craft. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
