It's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
“Clearly she knew that between book lovers, a novel is not a novel is not a novel. It's a symbol, an offering… — Sara Nelson Copy Share Image
If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the… — Chaim Potok 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
In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works,… — Micah Perks Copy Share Image
Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief.… — Mary Kay Zuravleff Copy Share Image
Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
The novel ceases to be looked at as a novel. Such is the overwhelming power of motion pictures. Gore Vidal pointed out… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
To me, a book is a book. A novel is a novel, and you have hundreds of possibilities, options, and they may… — Per Petterson Copy Share Image
I think the success of every novel - if it's a novel of action - depends on the high spots. The thing… — P. G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
