“The monkey liked most humans. They left food cans outside their homes for his family to rummage through in the morning sun.… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may… — Diane Johnson Copy Share Image
Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
There are lots of authentic, moving characters in so-called systems novels, just as there are certainly deep structural ideas in some character-driven… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade's End is one of them. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I really do believe that people surprise you. And one of the powerful things about novels is that they're about characters, and… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
It's a complex thing when you're writing a novel, because so much of it is conscious and planned and deliberate, and so… — Benjamin Alire Saenz Copy Share Image
“With a novel, which takes perhaps years to write, the author is not the same man he was at the end of… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
When readers close the covers on 'Running the Rift,' I want them to understand that it is not a genocide novel but… — Naomi Benaron Copy Share Image
Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. He has fame and profit enough as a poet, and should… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time. — Nathalie Sarraute Copy Share Image
The beginnings and endings of all human undertakings are untidy, the building of a house, the writing of a novel, the demolition… — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
There was a period of a few months, however, when I had a dreadful physical pain. I had just started writing a… — Zia Haider Rahman Copy Share Image
“We are born. We die. Somewhere in between we live. And how we live is up to us. That’s it.” — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench. — Wilbur Smith Copy Share Image
I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of typical days. There's the typical day when I'm writing a novel, and there's the typical day when… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“There’s no better way to get to know a city than to walk its streets. A place will reveal its soul through… — Henry Mosquera Copy Share Image
I have a slightly contrarian streak as a writer, and one of the things I was interested in was how distilled could… — Jenny Offill Copy Share Image
I don't think you should write something as long as a novel around anything that is not of the gravest concern to… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I sort of hate the novel when it doesn't push, restlessly, against the tradition and the traditional. — Rick Moody Copy Share Image
To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
I have always held to the theory that too much chalk may be just as bad for a novel as for a… — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
