Books Quote by Abbas Kiarostami

Novels have become equally important to me as films. I consider myself a storyteller and passionately engaged in both of those disciplines.

— Rebecca Miller

Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story.

— Nicholas Sparks

What I try to do with any of my stories, any of my novels, is make them feel very original.

— Nicholas Sparks

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an…

— Alice Hoffman

I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to think about…

— Kevin Wilson

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

— Peter Heller

I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it.

— Joan Larkin

I'm a lover of film and storytelling. I believe that I was put on earth to tell stories, and I'm not interested in telling…

— Justin Simien

So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.

— Mark Kurlansky

Each of my novels has come from a different place, and the processes are not always entirely conscious. I have lived off and on…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

I tend to really enjoy being swept up in fiction. I love a good story and I admire fiction authors.

— Augusten Burroughs