People without hope not only don’t write novels, but what is more to the point, they don’t read them. They don’t take… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
The short story seems like the best of all possible worlds. I do feel it is closer to writing poetry than to… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
When we're done with it, we may find—if it's a good novel—that we're a bit different from what we were before we… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I am the suburb of a non-existent town, the prolix commentary on a book never written. I am nobody, nobody. I am… — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
The Collector [John Fowles book] does such a good job of capturing the mindset of a capturer, and also that's become a… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel, you don't want the reader to come out of it voting yes or no to some question.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I turned my thoughts to a still more novel mode... to compose pictures on canvas similar to representations on the stage... my… — William Hogarth Copy Share Image
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I want to be an art-hero - I want to change the form of the novel. — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The fundamental purpose of a novel like Count Julian is to achieve the unity of object and means of representation, the fusion… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
In terms of style, I think the memoirist should have a novelist's skill and all the elements of a novelist's toolbox. When… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working… — William Finnegan Copy Share Image
I feel that whatever virtues the novel may have are very much connected with the limitations you mention. I am not writing… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Here’s the truth: I am the female version of a heartbreaker. The one that everyone says is too dedicated to ballet, too… — Katherine Owen Copy Share Image
When people read a novel 600 pages long, six months pass, and all they will remember are five pages. They don't remember… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
Conan Doyle is amazing in the way he has Watson describe Sherlock’s posture, mood swings, his hand gestures, and so forth in… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
“Paths cross all the time in this world of ours, sometimes in the strangest places- Charles Jacobs” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Mathematics may be the only exception in the sciences that leaves no room for skepicism. But, if mathematical results are exact as… — Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Copy Share Image
There is an energy, a romance in writing the first novel that can never be duplicated again. I was entirely absorbed in… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
For me, with any character, there are different ways that you approach understanding him, and in this film in particular, because I… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
I never even considered writing a career option. I just liked the play of words. I was certainly interested in story, but… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
There's a long-term tradition of white supremacy in this country. [Donald] Trump isn't something entirely new. But then there is the crisis… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
My first novel took almost six years to sell and was rejected 37 times in the interim, and then finally sold for… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
No one reads novels anymore. And I don't see the situation improving. People prefer video games, reality TV, and films. There are… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Executive Severance, a laugh out loud comic mystery novel, epitomizes our current cultural moment in that it is born from the juxtaposition… — Marleen S. Barr Copy Share Image
“El que ella no se lo reproche, no lo justifica a él. Solo demuestra que ella carece de algo, bien de prudencia,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Like so many aspiring writers who still have boxes of things they've written in their parents' houses, I filled notebooks with half-finished… — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think that physics is about escaping the prison of the received thoughts and searching for novel ways of thinking the world,… — Carlo Rovelli Copy Share Image
I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film… — Ben Barnes Copy Share Image
Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas. — Peter James Copy Share Image
She feels so contented in giving birth to a child, in helping the child to grow; and that's why she does not… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
What critics might call eclectic, and Eastern folks quirky, we Southerners call cussedness-and it's the cornerstone of the American genius. As in:… — James Sallis Copy Share Image
“Seorang novelis sebaiknya menciptakan “sebuah wilayah di mana tak seorang pun memiliki kebenaran...tapi di mana setiap orang punya hak untuk dimengerti” — Goenawan Mohamad Copy Share Image
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