Most critics don't realize that a novel like One Hundred Years of Solitude is a bit of a joke, full of signals… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
The concept of writing a novel and not knowing where it's going - I don't know how to do that. Novels are… — John Irving Copy Share Image
Poetry can only be made out of other poems; novels out of other novels. — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
I never feel a huge need for backstory in my novels or films. Quick sketches are often enough. When you encounter people… — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
I thought I could rely on the plot in the novel and fill in the colour between the lines, but I made… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
A novel is too much of a commitment. I tend to peruse Twitter - I check to see if I had any… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
Women hock their jewels and their husbands' insurance policies to acquire an unaccustomed shade in hair or crêpe de chine. Why then… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
A good novel is a good novel, pointe finale. And I think what I'm writing is exactly that. — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
Every movie is a road movie. Every novel is a mystery. Every tortilla chip is sacred. — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I would look at the first chapter of any new novel as a final test of its merits. If there was a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
At the risk, then, of being shunned by some of my gloomier peers, I venture to tell you that writers work like… — Michael Cunningham Copy Share Image
The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of… — Jerry B. Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Shit, man, if you see a dog scratching at the dirt trying to dig something up, walk away real fast,” he said,… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
When my novel 'Beach Music' came out in 1995, I had included a couple of recipes in the book and had tried… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I think I've learned a lot about how to make movies, and particularly about how to edit movies by thinking about how… — Frederick Wiseman Copy Share Image
Seminaked men!” Jacky trilled. “With swords,” Kat purred. “It is a romance novel! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He shivered. His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. The manly… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I haven't the stature to critique one of our literature's great novels, Tobias; and I'm not one of those who believe The… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
When you get inside a literary novel you feel that the author, more often than not, just doesn't know enough about things.… — Peter York Copy Share Image
“The "Mona Lisa" is an optical illusion created by Leonardo Da Vinci. The woman in the painting "The Mona Lisa" doesn't appear… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
I think there's much more privileging of the new in art. I think people want to think they privilege the new in… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
“On occasion we stumble upon what seems to be a truth. Compared to the surrounding blackness, it sparkles and dazzles our eyes.… — Roy L. Pickering Jr Copy Share Image
When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
“Most times, my mind is just an ongoing, present-tense, first-person monologue. It's like I'm writing a novel, constantly, but only in my… — Andrew Shaffer Copy Share Image
The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out. — Edward St Aubyn Copy Share Image
When I write a novel, every word is mine. I welcome suggestions from my editor, but in the end, I make all… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam. — Tracy Kidder Copy Share Image
The most ancient parts of truth . . . also once were plastic. They also were called true for human reasons. They… — William James Copy Share Image
The novel is final form; it's the ultimate individual final form. Television and motion pictures never get there. You'd be fabulous to… — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I think the martial arts tradition has a big influence on our generation - we all read these novels when we were… — Wong Kar-wai Copy Share Image
“Even if we try to conform to ideals and strive for perfection, we will always be pulled back to our core identity… — Jennifer Elisabeth Copy Share Image
Through their capacity to manipulate symbols and to engage in reflective thought, people can generate novel ideas and innovative actions that transcend… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
The evasions of her little novel were exactly those of her life. Everything she did not wish to confront was also missing… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better. — S. S. Van Dine Copy Share Image
