I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels. — David Mitchell 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
“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
I love to read stories. And I don't to get to talk about my favorite novels very often in my job. — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
Ideally, I would like everyone in the world to read and love my novels. In fact, I can't believe that everyone in… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Six books after the surprises of 'Full Dark House,' the Bryant and May novels continue to stay within the bounds of formula… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can. — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
“A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
A surprising number of teens I meet in rougher schools around the country find refuge in novels and creative writing. It's not… — Matt de la Pena Copy Share Image
“Oh, Anne, things are so mixed-up in real life. They aren't clear-cut and trimmed off, as they are in novels.” — L.M. Montgomery Copy Share Image
“When I imagine changing places with her I get the feeling I do on finishing a novel with a brick-wall happy ending---I… — Dodie Smith I Capture the Castle Copy Share Image
For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
Your novels show only the tiniest fraction of detective work, the brilliant crime, the tantalizing clues, the dramatic chase, the final battle… — Stefan Petrucha Copy Share Image
For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha… — John Updike Copy Share Image
I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
I have lost stories and many starts of novels before. Not always as punishment for 'telling,' but more often as a result… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
Novels written by university professors and set in the groves of academe are far more rigidly predictable than anything but the most… — John Clute Copy Share Image
I've always been charmed by houses, and descriptions of them are prominent in my novels. So prominent, in fact, that my editor… — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
That's how you write novels actually. You suddenly hit upon something and you realize this is the path you were meant to… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
“There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
Novels seem to me to be richer, broader, deeper, more enjoyable than poems. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
“I have only met men like you in novels, men who lived their own idiosyncrasies.” — Sachin Kundalkar Copy Share Image
Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that. — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
“I read as many novels as you do. Maybe more. I'm just not sure I want to write one.” — Lenore Appelhans Copy Share Image
I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life. — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“Her heart and soul had already spoken. They wouldn’t let Lucas go.” — J.L. Sheppard Copy Share Image
Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening. — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
“Give me an old house full of memories and I will give you hundred novels!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
