The story and the poem are obviously changed by being placed in the novel, so in a sense they're no longer the… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
I felt more doubtful than usual with 'Goon Squad,' because I knew that the book's genre wasn't easily named - Novel? Stories?… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
E.L. Doctorow said once said that 'Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“But there is no doubt that to attempt a novel of ideas is to give oneself a handicap: the parochialism of our… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
People do tell a writer things that they don't tell others. I don't know why, unless it is that having read one… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
It is so much hard work writing your first novel. You're not even sure that it is possible to do. — Asa Larsson Copy Share Image
I think there's a false division people sometimes make in describing literary novels, where there are people who write systems novels, or… — Dana Spiotta Copy Share Image
“All cats are gray in the dark. And besides, her actions have less to do with her, and everything to do with… — Jaye Frances Copy Share Image
“The sound of him drinking was indescribable—like dirty runoff down a storm drain.” — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
“The moment I close my eyes, I see you and sleep vanishes. I’m awake the entire night, revisiting our memories together. The… — Santonu Kumar Dhar Copy Share Image
I never wanted to make a graphic novel. As soon as you become a 'writer,' you have to be intelligent all the… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Juliet is one of those rare novels that has it all: lush prose, tightly intertwined parallel narratives, intrigue, and historical detail all… — Sara Gruen Copy Share Image
“She knew this day was different and worse, much worse than before. This was the day that Bethany began to believe their… — Katie Hubbard Copy Share Image
I am exhausted by traditional memoir. I am exhausted by the architecture of the conventional novel. — David Shields Copy Share Image
Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway. — Joseph O'Neill Copy Share Image
I turned away from him and went on my way, up the street and about my business. The past was dead. The… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
First electricity, now telephones. Sometimes I feel as if I'm living in an H.G. Wells novel. — Lady Violet Copy Share Image
After you've been working fairly intensively on a novel for six months you never want to see the damn thing again. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Every novel is an ideal plane inserted into the realm of reality. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Although by 1851 tales of adventure had begun to seem antiquated, they had rendered a large service to the course of literature:… — Carl Clinton Van Doren Copy Share Image
You always try to do your own thing. One of the things I wanted to do was to write a book that… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
If I wanted to be in movies, I'd have gone into scriptwriting: the fact that I write novels should be a big… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
There is a document in every novel in the world. Even in the most fantastic novel, even in science fiction, there is… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make… — Kathy Reichs Copy Share Image
A novel is a way to rethink and rewrite and re-envision the past, and also a way to speak to people who… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
