Clearly she knew that between book lovers, a novel is not…

“Like the moon, the novel is a symbol and a necessary reality. Ideally it serves neither gods nor masters. Philosopher’s stone, it sublimates, precipitates,…

— Rikki Ducornet

The more I like a book, the more reluctant I am to turn the page. Lovers, even book lovers, tend to cling. No one-night…

— Anatole Broyard

What we know about writing the novel is the novel.

— Eudora Welty

I think the success of every novel - if it's a novel of action - depends on the high spots. The thing to do…

— P. G. Wodehouse

To me, a book is a book. A novel is a novel, and you have hundreds of possibilities, options, and they may all be…

— Per Petterson

In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works, who has…

— Micah Perks

My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get embarrassed when…

— Salman Rushdie

I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working hard on…

— William Finnegan

It's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time

— Matthew Specktor

The novel ceases to be looked at as a novel. Such is the overwhelming power of motion pictures. Gore Vidal pointed out that the…

— William Monahan

In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

'Annapurna' is a sort of novel. It's a novel, but a true novel.

— Maurice Herzog

Only one novel is a novel: that is a successful novel.

— William Golding

Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to think of…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the novel? A…

— Chaim Potok