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title: "4 Novel Conversation Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/a-novel-is-a-conversation-starter-and-if-the-author-isn-t-there-for/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/maggie-stiefvater-76_after-party_a-novel-is-a-conversation-starter-and-if_184879.png)

> [It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guillermo-cabrera-infante/it-means-that-no-matter-what-you-write-be-it-a-biography-an/)

[Guillermo Cabrera Infante](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guillermo-cabrera-infante/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/guillermo-cabrera-infante-1238_autobiography_it-means-that-no-matter-what-you-write-b_2048141.jpg)

> [“…Here we come close to one of the definitions of literary fiction. Even the best kind of popular novel just comes straight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-amis/here-we-come-close-to-one-of-the-definitions-of-literary-fiction-even/)

[Martin Amis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-amis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/martin-amis-704_books_here-we-come-close-to-one-of-the-definit_2294595.jpg)

> [A novel is a conversation between a reader and a writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/a-novel-is-a-conversation-between-a-reader-and-a-writer/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c2/john-green-12_book_a-novel-is-a-conversation-between-a-read_2505356.jpg)

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