I never, ever decided that I had to write a novel because, to me, there's no such decision that ought to be… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
The medical nanobots in my novel 'Small Miracles' tap the energy sources that the patient's own body provides. That is, they can… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
Writing a novel is an incredibly free experience. One puts one's self in a narrative mode. You can go off in any… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Most people who seek attention and regard by announcing that they're writing a novel are actually so devoid of narrative talent that… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
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Maybe someone's who's a different kind of writer [would think otherwise] - someone who'd be just as comfortable writing essays on what… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
My experience with My Sister Rosa showed me, once again, that I have a much easier time of it if I sell… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
People read vampire novels and say, 'Oh I want to read another vampire novel.' People read fantasy, and they're like, 'Oh I… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
I am satisfied that if a book is a good one, it is so whatever the sex of the author may be.… — Anne Bronte Copy Share Image
I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once -- I've been working on three different novels. When I… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Depending on what happens with my directing career, I don't think I'll stop writing, even if I crash and burn in movies… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
The term "bend sinister" means a heraldic bar or band drawn from the left side (and popularly, but incorrectly, supposed to denote… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
When ambition enters, creativity disappears - because an ambitious man cannot be creative, because an ambitious man cannot love any activity for… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Oh, my God. What if you wake up some day, and you're 65 or 75, and you never got your novel or… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
I didn't know how story worked. So, when writing the screenplay, people introduced me to the science of it. And I'm grateful.… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Well, I kind of approach both of them similarly in (that) I always see it as a movie first because that's my… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
Back in high school, I wrote a novel about a character named Bart Simpson. I thought it was a very unusual name… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
Now the novels that are read are purely entertainment – well done, very polished, with a very effective technique – but not… — Mario Copy Share Image
To the question: How do the authors of sketches, stories and novels get along in life, the following answer can or must… — Robert Walser Copy Share Image
I read scripts movie, TV and theater. I read every novel that is published. I read every book that comes out on… — Van Heflin Copy Share Image
Most people can start a short story or a novel. If you're a writer, you can finish them. Finish enough of them,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
All my life I have been trying to learn, to read, to see and hear, and to write. At sixty-five I began… — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
I think Melbourne is by far and away the most interesting place in Australia, and I thought if I ever wrote a… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
“Bearing witness from the sides of the room, ten or more lepers shouted at the bizarre scene, “Diable! Diable!” And then chants… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
I lack the skill to hold a story line for the length required for a novel or even a short story. I… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
There's a lot of ignorance about how long it takes to write a novel. There's a lot of ignorance about how long… — John Irving Copy Share Image
I once, when I was in the middle of making the move from Europe to the U.S., I started trying to put… — King Diamond Copy Share Image
I was once a graduate student in Victorian literature, and I believe as the Victorian novelists did, that a novel isn't simply… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I hope my novels will allow you to become lost in a world totally unlike the actual world we live in. I… — Jay Neugeboren Copy Share Image
Having been an editor for more than a decade, I thought I had a good idea of how much work was involved… — Julie Klassen Copy Share Image
If I have any advantage, maybe, as a writer, it is that I don't think I'm very interesting. I mean, beginning a… — John Irving Copy Share Image
To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay… — Christopher McQuarrie Copy Share Image
I suppose drama can either take the place of a novel or can be very closely allied with it. It's quite customary… — William Golding Copy Share Image
The choreographic process is exhausting. It happens on one's feet after hours of work, and the energy required is roughly the equivalent… — Agnes de Mille Copy Share Image
You have to be kind of clued into them, they are a world of their own, and most people find them disappointing… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the… — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
Mathematics may be the only exception in the sciences that leaves no room for skepicism. But, if mathematical results are exact as… — Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza Copy Share Image
In a novel, language is your principal tool, you try to build pictures in the mind of the reader. When you write… — Philippe Claudel Copy Share Image
Anybody can do research. The plotting of the novel, writing the ending before you write anything else, which I always do -… — John Irving Copy Share Image
A series of small but real accomplishments gives people the energy and confidence to continue. For instance, a person who wants to… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
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