It is impossible to do a movie exactly the way a comic book is written and drawn, just as it's impossible to… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
I always find the first thing that really bothers me when I start a screenplay is, I have to find a different… — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Copy Share Image
It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People… — Daniel Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of,… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
“I guess it’s true: it’s difficult for men to understand women.” — Santonu Kumar Dhar Copy Share Image
One demonstrable effect this type of work can have is in its viral promulgation. Take Kathy Acker for example: her work exists… — Davis Schneiderman Copy Share Image
Prose of the World is an enormously compelling and vivid study. The result is an ambitious, timely, and eloquent account of the… — Rebecca L. Walkowitz Copy Share Image
In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to… — Nursultan Nazarbayev Copy Share Image
I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to… — Susan Cheever Copy Share Image
How can you not understand?" He pointed at her books. "You read novels. Obviously, I'm here to rescue you. Don't I look… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“Ah brother, things will be better now. I promise.” Ronan... "Vital Perception” — D.L. Given Copy Share Image
Without explaining why, and, most of all, without naming other authors or books, I can only say my novels are influenced by… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
It's the professional deformation of many writers, and has ruined not a few. (I remember Kingsley Amis, himself no slouch, saying that… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because… — Jonathan Coe Copy Share Image
Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books,… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
A reader, encountering a sentence about a barking dog, would have to dwell on why that choice was made at that moment.… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper… — Utada Hikaru Copy Share Image
As far as benefits to reading historical novels, there are several! For one thing, you learn about life in another era. Secondly,… — Mary Pope Osborne Copy Share Image
And it is a folly to try to craft a novel for the screen, to write a novel with a screen contract… — Thomas Keneally Copy Share Image
To this day, 'The Duke and I' remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
