I can't envision an honest war novel that left war in a positive light. — Kevin Powers Copy Share Image
It is the great triumph of genius to make the common appear novel. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person. — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
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I can write three novels in the time it takes to write one novella. I'm probably not going to go with that… — Nathan Lowell Copy Share Image
The nonfiction novel or literary memoir as authored by women is usually given a much harder time in mainstream criticism. — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
The novel should be understood as a structure built to accommodate the greatest possible amount of cool stuff. — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
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In 1980, I published my first novel, in the usual swirl of unjustified hope and justified anxiety. — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,'… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
I've never been able to force a novel. I always had the sense something being given to me. You can't sit around… — Margaret Laurence Copy Share Image
Those words are from Lynda Barry's novel 'Cruddy.' I've carried them with me for some time. There's a lot in my life… — Jack Dorsey Copy Share Image
“Life's Tangled Trail Life with its burdens saved by force; in spite of our blunders, held its course. Then comes confusion as… — Nathan J Bullock Copy Share Image
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I sometimes think if I had gone to Oxford or Cambridge and looked like a handsome young guy who could be in… — Eddie Marsan Copy Share Image
If you're doing a classic play, where if you do a Chekhov, you do the words as written. You can't do that… — Sam Mendes Copy Share Image
In one deep sense, novels are concealed autobiography. I don't mean that you are telling facts about yourself, but you are trying… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
My own novel, 'The Silver Bough,' about the inhabitants of a remote town at risk of being overwhelmed by Scotland's mythological past,… — Lisa Tuttle Copy Share Image
I've made the decision to adhere to three general truths when it comes to my novels: There will be a love-story element… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
On the whole, dialogue is the most difficult thing, without any doubt. It's very difficult, unfortunately. You have to detach yourself from… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
The mighty steam-engine has its germ in the simple boiler in which the peasant prepares his food. The huge ship is but… — John Timbs Copy Share Image
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As writers we live life twice, like a cow that eats its food once and then regurgitates it to chew and digest… — Natalie Goldberg Copy Share Image
“I am no novel-reader—I seldom look into novels—Do not imagine that I often read novels—It is really very well for a novel.”… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The average American child sees 20,000 murders in TV before reaching age 18. This is considered normal. Every community has video rental… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“I guess it’s true: it’s difficult for men to understand women.” — Santonu Kumar Dhar Copy Share Image
No one goes to the toilet in novels. You'd think none of us had bladders. — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
Yes, I was good at reading people. I studied them so I could put them in my novels. — Jennifer Echols Copy Share Image
A novel is an impression, not an argument; and there the matter must rest. — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
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