--- title: "13 Novel Form Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Novel Form quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Novel Form sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/walter-hill-17314_books_the-graphic-novel-form-really-interests_966030.jpg" --- > [The graphic novel form really interests me and I like the freedom that format offers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-hill/the-graphic-novel-form-really-interests-me-and-i-like-the-freedom/) [Walter Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/walter-hill-17314_books_the-graphic-novel-form-really-interests_966030.jpg) > [The traditional novel form continues to enlarge our experience in those very areas where the wide-angle lens and the Cinema screen tend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-boorstin/the-traditional-novel-form-continues-to-enlarge-our-experience-in/) [Daniel J. Boorstin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-boorstin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9d/daniel-j-boorstin-3089_angle_the-traditional-novel-form-continues-to_661425.png) > [The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chad-harbach/the-novel-has-always-been-the-form-that-incorporates-other-forms-for/) [Chad Harbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chad-harbach/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0e/chad-harbach-3109_always_the-novel-has-always-been-the-form-that_2963431.png) > [I think the novel form chose me. I was a writer before I became a criminal... my first instinct was to write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gregory-david-roberts/i-think-the-novel-form-chose-me-i-was-a-writer-before-i-became-a/) [Gregory David Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gregory-david-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/gregory-david-roberts-1039_books_i-think-the-novel-form-chose-me-i-was-a_17841.png) > [One thing you learn about the novel as a form is that it's always smarter than you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/one-thing-you-learn-about-the-novel-as-a-form-is-that-it-s-always/) [Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45d/zadie-smith-584_books_one-thing-you-learn-about-the-novel-as-a_393248.png) > [I'm not nearly smart enough or imaginative enough to tackle the novel form. Never happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-karr/i-m-not-nearly-smart-enough-or-imaginative-enough-to-tackle-the-novel/) [Mary Karr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-karr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/mary-karr-3335_creativity_i-m-not-nearly-smart-enough-or-imaginati_123371.png) > [I say sometimes that I'm a poet but I work in the novel form. That's what I do. That's what makes sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-a-martin/i-say-sometimes-that-i-m-a-poet-but-i-work-in-the-novel-form-that-s/) [Douglas A. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-a-martin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cd/douglas-a-martin-46139_make-sense_i-say-sometimes-that-i-m-a-poet-but-i-wo_2481664.jpg) > [Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-fry/personally-i-d-never-seen-a-graphic-novel-i-knew-they-existed-because/) [Stephen Fry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-fry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b77/stephen-fry-573_books_personally-i-d-never-seen-a-graphic-nove_473821.png) > [I think the graphic novel form works, in practice, a lot differently from watching a movie. You can put it down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/travis-beacham/i-think-the-graphic-novel-form-works-in-practice-a-lot-differently/) [Travis Beacham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/travis-beacham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fc/travis-beacham-11732_books_i-think-the-graphic-novel-form-works-in_813528.jpg) > [It's a fantastic privilege to spend three or four hundred pages with a reader. You have time to go into certain questions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-michaels/it-s-a-fantastic-privilege-to-spend-three-or-four-hundred-pages-with/) [Anne Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a14/anne-michaels-8376_about_it-s-a-fantastic-privilege-to-spend-thre_401871.png) > [But rather that we should lose our sense that neither can become the other, that the traditional novel form continues to enlarge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-j-boorstin/but-rather-that-we-should-lose-our-sense-that-neither-can-become-the/) [Daniel J. Boorstin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-j-boorstin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/daniel-j-boorstin-3089_angle_but-rather-that-we-should-lose-our-sense_1607947.png) > [I love the novel as a form, as an adventure of mind and soul. Really, I absolutely love writing them; they consume…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-osborne/i-love-the-novel-as-a-form-as-an-adventure-of-mind-and-soul-really-i/) [Lawrence Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-osborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5f/lawrence-osborne-11920_adventure_i-love-the-novel-as-a-form-as-an-adventu_2219170.jpg) > [“What are we to do with the knowledge that Tayo was once a woman? That Ceremony held but abandoned considerable investments in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-l-moore/what-are-we-to-do-with-the-knowledge-that-tayo-was-once-a-woman-that/) [David L. Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-l-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28b/david-l-moore-231321_books_what-are-we-to-do-with-the-knowledge-tha_2469237.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/novel-form/#itemlist", "name": "Novel Form Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The graphic novel form really interests me and I like the freedom that format offers.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Hill" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-hill/the-graphic-novel-form-really-interests-me-and-i-like-the-freedom/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/walter-hill-17314_books_the-graphic-novel-form-really-interests_966030.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/walter-hill-17314_books_the-graphic-novel-form-really-interests_966030.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c9/walter-hill-17314_books_the-graphic-novel-form-really-interests_966030.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The graphic novel form really interests me and I like the freedom that format offers.” — Walter Hill", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The traditional novel form continues to enlarge our experience in those very areas where the wide-angle lens and the Cinema screen tend to narrow it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Daniel J. 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