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When I was around 12, my heroes were Cindy Sherman and Bob Dylan and Samuel Westing from the kids' novel 'The Westing Game'. — Tavi Gevinson Copy Share Image
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A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in… — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
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A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments. — Joyce Cary Copy Share Image
There are two ways to write a werewolf novel - you can examine the genre conventions, or you can say, 'What would… — Glen Duncan Copy Share Image
At the interface of the say-able and the unsay-able is the novel, the new, the never before seen, said or done. And… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
Literature is love. I think it went like this: drawings in the cave, sounds in the cave, songs in the cave, songs… — Eileen Myles Copy Share Image
By definition, outbreaks are quickly evolving situations. Outbreaks with novel diseases bring even more unknowns. — Leana S. Wen Copy Share Image
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I'm working on a new novel, in its 3rd draft, but it's hard to write while doing 7th Heaven. — Stephen Collins Copy Share Image
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In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
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