In real life, coincidences happen all the time. In novels, they are leapt upon with fury. — Harlan Coben Copy Share Image
I've written only two novels, but they're both long ones, and they each took a decade to write. — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
All my novels are about the ambiguities that lie beneath the sharp edges of the law. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I've read every single fantasy novel there is. I mean, I would challenge a lot of people to read more fantasy novels… — Felicia Day Copy Share Image
I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
You may not be a fan of Twitter-fiction. That's okay. There are novels out there for you - big ones. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels. — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
A lot of people have trouble with their second novel - the dreaded sophomore jinx. I wrote three books in between the… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm reading Elena Ferrante's 'Neapolitan' novels. They are amazing. I feel like she gets the entire experience of being a woman. — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
“Most novels, if they are successful at all, are original in the sense that they report the existence of an area of… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“(Novels are no use at all on days like these, they deal with people and their relationships, with themselves and others, fathers… — Max Frisch Copy Share Image
The sad thing is that I only ever read novels in bed and now only on the iPad, and thanks to Netflix… — David Hewlett Copy Share Image
I find that a lot of my best character stuff and ideas come unwittingly from novels. In scripts, it's a lot about… — Alison Pill Copy Share Image
I strongly believe that the art of the novel works best when the writer identifies with whoever he or she is writing… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
When you're doing characters from famous novels, you have a responsibility as an actor to make it what the writer intended. And… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
A novel and its writer are inseparable: you are your books. A play's not like that at all. 'Abandonment's not mine -… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels. My sister became unmarried and pregnant… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
Only in novels can we take another human being into our head and create something jointly. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we need enemies more than we need friends. Mandy Walker” — Laura Wilkinson Copy Share Image
If you have no conflict, you have no story. That's number one. That's a rule of novels. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
It's true that all my novels have been versions of myself to some degree. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Novels function and the power of novels function because of their stories. — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
My novels are always in Kannada because I express myself better in Kannada. — Sudha Murty Copy Share Image
This is why I read novels: so I can escape my own unrelenting monologue. — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
“Creativity is a commodity and derives its value only in how energy is spent.” — Mary Deal Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
Novels teach the youthful mind to sigh after happiness that never existed. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
“...my novels are like life - I never know where they're going until I get to the end...” — John Geddes A Familiar Rain Copy Share Image
