What could be more boring than a novel that tells you how…

“What does the novel do? It tells beautiful, shapely lies which enclose hard, exact truths.”

— Julian Barnes

“In one sense, at any rate, it is more valuable to read bad literature than good literature. Good literature may tell us the mind…

— G.K. Chesterton

A good novel tells us the truth about it's hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

— GKChesterton

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

— Anonymous

My first three-sisters novel in a while, 'Sandcastles' tells the story of the Sullivan family - two passionate artists and their three wildly different…

— Luanne Rice

“A bunch of different people appear, and they’ve got their own situations and reasons and excuses, and each one is pursuing his or her…

— Haruki Murakami

I do think everything that happens in American pop culture sort of prescribes for England and does end up happening there six months later,…

— Emma Forrest

I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't…

— Felicity Jones

“Because I think everything happens for a reason and I think we need to go through shit sometimes to strengthen ourselves for whatever happens…

— Karina Halle

I think that everything happens for a reason, everything happens when it's going to happen.

— Lou Reed

What happens is fact, not truth. Truth is what we think about what happens.

— Robert McKee

I think everything happens at exactly the time it's supposed to.

— Carrie-Anne Moss

I think that's as far as you have to think, everything happens as a coincidence. It either happens or it doesn't. It's hard to…

— Jason Statham

I think everything happens for a reason, so there is no such thing as fail.

— Mary-Kate Olsen

I'll never run out of things to rap about. Sometimes you sit there and think, 'I can't do it, I can't do it.' Then…

— Dizzee Rascal