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> [“The trouble with life (the novelist will feel) is its amorphousness, its ridiculous fluidity. Look at it: thinly plotted, largely themeless, sentimental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/the-trouble-with-life-the-novelist-will-feel-is-its-amorphousness-its/)

[Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/)

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> [I write about life as it exists within houses and on the streets. And there's nothing, hopefully, in any of my characterizations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-grossman/i-write-about-life-as-it-exists-within-houses-and-on-the-streets-and/)

[Richard Grossman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-grossman/)

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> [The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-shreve/the-pull-of-history-has-been-a-strong-theme-in-my-life-as-a-novelist/)

[Anita Shreve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-shreve/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0aa/anita-shreve-6955_been_the-pull-of-history-has-been-a-strong-th_1915285.jpg)

> [“I am certain that a novelist is someone who attributes a different reality-value to the characters and events of his story than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alain-robbe-grillet/i-am-certain-that-a-novelist-is-someone-who-attributes-a-different/)

[Alain Robbe-Grillet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alain-robbe-grillet/)

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> [“What's this "rough life of a novelist" bullshit? You sound like an idiot. You're a writer. At least give yourself better lines.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maki-murakami/what-s-this-rough-life-of-a-novelist-bullshit-you-sound-like-an-idiot/)

[Maki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maki-murakami/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35c/maki-murakami-32499_life_what-s-this-rough-life-of-a-novelist-bul_3214876.jpg)

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