One of my favorite things is to first read a novel and then see the movie. I enjoy picturing the characters and… — Camille Perri Copy Share Image
Write about winter in the summer. Describe Norway as Ibsen did, from a desk in Italy; describe Dublin as James Joyce did,… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
It's the originality of Pauls Toutonghi's voice and vision that makes this such a remarkable novel. Toutonghi is a true daredevil of… — Skip Horack Copy Share Image
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Fun has to do with habitual activities but then also terrifically novel or unusual ones. It works as a sort of strange… — Ian Bogost Copy Share Image
When I write a book I'm always questioning the project as a whole. I always feel I might have to just throw… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
There's a tradition in American fiction that is deadly serious and earnest - like the Steinbeckian social novel. — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
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I'm not trying to write cinematic novels, but I have been told several times that my style is cinematic. — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
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I make up stories that take place in real space with real people. If I could convert this into a technique for… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
My boyfriend suggested I write two pages a day. He wouldn't take me out if I hadn't done my two pages. That's… — S. E. Hinton Copy Share Image
I dedicate this novel to Gala, who was constantly by my side while I was writing it, who was the good fairy… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil. — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
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Arabs don't do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I… — Elliott Colla Copy Share Image
If people only knew what lies at the heart of my novels! What a tumult of desires these carefully written pages conceal!… — Julien Green Copy Share Image
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Comics are actually dubbed by euphemistic label of graphic novel, which became a big deal. — Francoise Mouly Copy Share Image
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