--- title: "15 Novel Novel Quotes by 15 authors" description: "Browse 15 Novel Novel quotes by 15 authors. Discover the best Novel Novel sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/maurice-herzog-51824_books_annapurna-is-a-sort-of-novel-it-s-a-nove_460057.jpg" --- > ['Annapurna' is a sort of novel. It's a novel, but a true novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-herzog/annapurna-is-a-sort-of-novel-it-s-a-novel-but-a-true-novel/) [Maurice Herzog](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-herzog/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b52/maurice-herzog-51824_books_annapurna-is-a-sort-of-novel-it-s-a-nove_460057.jpg) > [What we know about writing the novel is the novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eudora-welty/what-we-know-about-writing-the-novel-is-the-novel/) [Eudora Welty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eudora-welty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d6/eudora-welty-1564_books_what-we-know-about-writing-the-novel-is_2608607.png) > [Only one novel is a novel: that is a successful novel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/only-one-novel-is-a-novel-that-is-a-successful-novel/) [William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7f/william-golding-1233_books_only-one-novel-is-a-novel-that-is-a-succ_391143.png) > [It's hard enough to make a novel a novel. I wouldn't know how to make it something else at the same time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-specktor/it-s-hard-enough-to-make-a-novel-a-novel-i-wouldn-t-know-how-to-make/) [Matthew Specktor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-specktor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/matthew-specktor-12423_books_it-s-hard-enough-to-make-a-novel-a-novel_1148669.jpg) > [“Clearly she knew that between book lovers, a novel is not a novel is not a novel. It's a symbol, an offering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-nelson/clearly-she-knew-that-between-book-lovers-a-novel-is-not-a-novel-is/) [Sara Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf6/sara-nelson-39641_book_clearly-she-knew-that-between-book-lover_473545.png) > [If I had a plot that was all set in advance, why would I want go through the agony of writing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chaim-potok/if-i-had-a-plot-that-was-all-set-in-advance-why-would-i-want-go/) [Chaim Potok](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chaim-potok/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0b/chaim-potok-2254_agony_if-i-had-a-plot-that-was-all-set-in-adva_2950012.png) > [I always wanted to write. While I was on a long surf trip, supporting myself with various day jobs, I was working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-finnegan/i-always-wanted-to-write-while-i-was-on-a-long-surf-trip-supporting/) [William Finnegan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-finnegan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c21/william-finnegan-21232_books_i-always-wanted-to-write-while-i-was-on_1376794.jpg) > [In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/micah-perks/in-general-i-think-every-novel-is-a-political-novel-in-that-every/) [Micah Perks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/micah-perks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/micah-perks-26964_argument_in-general-i-think-every-novel-is-a-poli_1689593.jpg) > [Now, as a reader, you shouldn't feel the decisions the writer makes about this DNA, or it would be boring beyond belief.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-kay-zuravleff/now-as-a-reader-you-shouldn-t-feel-the-decisions-the-writer-makes/) [Mary Kay Zuravleff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-kay-zuravleff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/465/mary-kay-zuravleff-42650_belief_now-as-a-reader-you-shouldn-t-feel-the-d_3118694.jpg) > [Why would somebody just read a novel when they can see it on TV or in the cinema? I really have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kazuo-ishiguro/why-would-somebody-just-read-a-novel-when-they-can-see-it-on-tv-or-in/) [Kazuo Ishiguro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kazuo-ishiguro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e0/kazuo-ishiguro-1029_books_why-would-somebody-just-read-a-novel-whe_259084.jpg) > [In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/in-reading-a-novel-any-novel-we-have-to-know-perfectly-well-that-the/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/ursula-k-le-guin-138_believe_in-reading-a-novel-any-novel-we-have-to_1065751.jpg) > [The novel ceases to be looked at as a novel. Such is the overwhelming power of motion pictures. Gore Vidal pointed out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/the-novel-ceases-to-be-looked-at-as-a-novel-such-is-the-overwhelming/) [William Monahan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-monahan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/william-monahan-3226_association_the-novel-ceases-to-be-looked-at-as-a-no_1099154.jpg) > [My first novel - the novel I wrote before 'Midnight's Children' - feels, to me, now, very - I mean, I get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salman-rushdie/my-first-novel-the-novel-i-wrote-before-midnight-s-children-feels-to/) [Salman Rushdie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salman-rushdie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/salman-rushdie-153_books_my-first-novel-the-novel-i-wrote-before_1571646.jpg) > [To me, a book is a book. A novel is a novel, and you have hundreds of possibilities, options, and they may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/per-petterson/to-me-a-book-is-a-book-a-novel-is-a-novel-and-you-have-hundreds-of/) [Per Petterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/per-petterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/438/per-petterson-8468_atmosphere_to-me-a-book-is-a-book-a-novel-is-a-nove_1749514.png) > [I think the success of every novel - if it's a novel of action - depends on the high spots. The thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-g-wodehouse-2/i-think-the-success-of-every-novel-if-it-s-a-novel-of-action-depends/) [P. G. Wodehouse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-g-wodehouse-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a4/p-g-wodehouse-2-2515_action_i-think-the-success-of-every-novel-if-it_2520891.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/novel-novel/#itemlist", "name": "Novel Novel Quotes", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "'Annapurna' is a sort of novel. 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Le Guin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/in-reading-a-novel-any-novel-we-have-to-know-perfectly-well-that-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/ursula-k-le-guin-138_believe_in-reading-a-novel-any-novel-we-have-to_1065751.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/ursula-k-le-guin-138_believe_in-reading-a-novel-any-novel-we-have-to_1065751.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/ursula-k-le-guin-138_believe_in-reading-a-novel-any-novel-we-have-to_1065751.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then…” — Ursula K. Le Guin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The novel ceases to be looked at as a novel. Such is the overwhelming power of motion pictures. Gore Vidal pointed out that the movies are the only thing anybody's really interested in. The association with movies and movie money can, and certainly did in my case, occlude a novel as a novel.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Monahan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-monahan/the-novel-ceases-to-be-looked-at-as-a-novel-such-is-the-overwhelming/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/william-monahan-3226_association_the-novel-ceases-to-be-looked-at-as-a-no_1099154.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/william-monahan-3226_association_the-novel-ceases-to-be-looked-at-as-a-no_1099154.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/william-monahan-3226_association_the-novel-ceases-to-be-looked-at-as-a-no_1099154.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The novel ceases to be looked at as a novel. 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