If you want to write a novel, it's the Divine mind wanting to express. — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“I guess it’s true: it’s difficult for men to understand women.” — Santonu Kumar Dhar Copy Share Image
I think reading the novels definitely was a good source for me to study from. — Laura Vandervoort Copy Share Image
If writers stuck to firsthand experience, novels would be pretty limited. — Stef Penney Copy Share Image
“Even now I can’t describe the fear that contaminated my blood like black ink.” — Steven Ramirez Copy Share Image
A novel is not a play. A novel takes one reader at a time into its confidence. It can be shockingly personal.… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
People don't like to say comic so they say Graphic Novel, despite the fact that I don't think the true Graphic Novel… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
“The relationship of a girl and her favorite novel can be complex indeed.” — Andrea Cremer Copy Share Image
I had always said to myself that forty was the cut off point of my apprenticeship which may for some people sound… — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
Performing at Prithvi was a novel experience, because unlike other theatres, it was very different - it didn't have any curtains and… — Paresh Rawal Copy Share Image
One of the most puzzling things about a novel is that "the way it really was" half the time is, and half… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
A life without purpose is like a novel without a plot. It wanders all over the place, is hard to follow, and… — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
When 'The Awakening' was published it was considered so scandalous it was banned in the author's home-town library, and she herself was… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
“How Are We to Live is a collection of short stories, not a novel. This in itself is a disappointment. It seems… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
“The average author hawks their books at many events. They are vigilant promoters, waiting for a breakthrough. They do this, or else… — Michael J. Kannengieser Copy Share Image
I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
The process for writing a picture book is completely different from the process of writing a chapter book or novel. For one… — Sarah Weeks Copy Share Image
A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers… — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
So, what do you do when you know you have two days to live? Eat an entire Bitter Chocolate Death cake all… — Robin McKinley Copy Share Image
“The phrase "the violent bear it away" fascinated the 20th century Irish-American storyteller Flannery O'Connor, who used it as the title of… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
Steve Yarbrough is a writer of many gifts, but what makes Safe from the Neighbors such a magnificent achievement is its moral… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
A short story is confined to one mood, to which everything in the story pertains. Characters, setting, time, events, are all subject… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything I've learned about poetry - the… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
I'm not typing. I write only by longhand. I've always written first drafts by hand and then once I was into a… — John Irving Copy Share Image
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
