Novels Quotes · Page 21

Personally, I'm a big reader, and I've never wanted any of my favorite novels to be made into movies.

— Stephen Moyer

With the crime novels, it's delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. It's like having a fictitious family.

— John Banville

The beauty of my work is that my sets cost nothing. That's what I love about being a writer of novels.

— Markus Zusak

I was one of those kids who was always seeking the truth, and I first looked for truth by reading novels. It…

— Cynthia Kenyon

I've written some standalone novels, but a book series allows fans in. There's much more intense involvement.

— George R. R. Martin

I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people…

— Anonymous

I am honored to have had two Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions made from my novels - 'Silver Bells' and 'Follow the…

— Luanne Rice

“This is what I love about novels, both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss, to be with you”

— John Green

Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed. I am not a fan of books ... I…

— Kanye West

In writing my historical novels, I have to rely upon my imagination to a great extent. I think of it as 'filling…

— Sharon Kay Penman

I am extremely interested in how people negotiate catastrophe, not because I'm morbidly interested in it but because I'm interested in the…

— Janette Turner Hospital

Nothing moves around, it just goes straight from the start to the end. The final draft on the final day, that's it,…

— T.C. Boyle

“If writing novels - and reading them - have any redeeming social value, it's probably that they force you to imagine what…

— Margaret Atwood

In my mind what novels do best is that they immerse us deeply into our character's world - they truly transport us…

— Junot Diaz

Writers begin changing the instant they append 'The End' to a novel. Readers begin changing the moment they encounter that same phrase.…

— Paul Di Filippo

The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger.…

— Lisa Unger

“... the great novels of the world were about three things - death, money and sex. Occasionally a whale.”

— Kate Atkinson

We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music…

— Elvis Costello

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

“‎"It almost felt like the dolphin of my heart’s desire playing in the ocean of my life." - on writing”

— Mariam Kobras

I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was…

— Jim Harrison

Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always…

— Lauren Oliver

I had always been literary, in the sense of loving poetry and discovering novels, but I found my voice, as they say,…

— Andrew O'Hagan

A lot of people have trouble with their second novel - the dreaded sophomore jinx. I wrote three books in between the…

— Claire Cameron

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

You may not be a fan of Twitter-fiction. That's okay. There are novels out there for you - big ones.

— Celeste Ng

“Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.”

— Lauren Oliver

I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels.

— Kid Rock

The way that I write novels in particular is I don't usually outline; I just write. Part of the fun is discovering…

— John Scalzi

“If you cannot judge a book by its cover, surely we should not judge an author by one book alone?”

— Anonymous

All my life I have been reading romance novels. Those stupid books ruined me. I've always wanted that fire that every book…

— Aurora Rose Reynolds

I think that novels are one of the best means that we have to communicate both with the past and with the…

— Emily Barton

Down the road a bit, I would like to write a couple of stand-alone adult novels, especially in the horror genre. I've…

— James Dashner

This was my first novel [The Dissemblers ]. I've never seriously written short stories, and actually find short stories much more intimidating…

— Liza Campbell

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer…

— Frederick Wiseman

As a reader, I try to love all the literary forms equally, but I probably read novels most often.

— Sally Rooney

“The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.”

— Natsume Soseki

People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers.

— Stefan Sagmeister

I do novels a bit backward. I look for a situation, a milieu first, and then I wait to see who walks…

— Tom Wolfe

I don't think Ireland has ever had a genius for the novel. Of course, there were plenty of Irish novels, but I…

— Lady Gregory