“he writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated lo neliness, and a… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
Stories lie deep in our souls. Stories lie so deep at the bottom of our hearts that they can bring people together… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
I use all kinds of resources for researching my novels. I'm not shy about calling up experts and asking questions, or emailing,… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
It had been fourteen years and I hadn't had anything published. I had 250 rejection slips. I got my first novel published… — Lisa Alther Copy Share Image
“He's the navigator, he could probably find you a route to Hawaii underwater.” — Jocelyn White Copy Share Image
I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie. — Kate Beckinsale Copy Share Image
A novel determines its own size and shape and I've never tried to stretch an idea beyond the frame and structure it… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my… — Dinaw Mengestu Copy Share Image
You know what I did after I wrote my first novel? I shut up and wrote twenty-three more. — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
I wasn't sitting around years ago thinking, 'I really want to write a novel. — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
I'd probably still be a financial journalist now if it weren't for writing novels. Mmm. Fun! I'm much happier writing novels! — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
“I don't believe in writer's block. Who can function working seven days a week at at job. It's the same with writing.… — Lillian R. Melendez Copy Share Image
Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels-the biggest sin is to be blind to others problems… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Successful fiction does not need to be validated by 'real life'; I cringe whenever a writer is asked how much of a… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I can get really obsessive. I like writing many drafts, and I try not to because it is very time-consuming, especially when… — Carol Windley Copy Share Image
It's weird - I don't feel like I'm a better or more confident writer because I'm publishing something. I think, for most… — James M. Gavin Copy Share Image
I looked at the world of books and just went, Oh my gosh, if I'm writing novels, I'm on the same shelves… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
When I'm writing novels, even screenplays, it's never an actor I have in mind; it's always the version in my head of… — Jonathan Tropper Copy Share Image
A novel can be set in motion by an incident, a character, a location, a mood - by anything at all. Sometimes… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
