The novelist's intuition for the sacred differs from the translator's interrogation of the sacred. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“Amanda herself couldn't understand why her writing was so different from her own personality. Her pen seemed to take on a life… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
As an historical novelist - there are few jobs more retrospective. I dumped science at an early age. — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I maintain that if you're a novelist and you go into an art museum, you'll come out a better novelist. And if… — John Hawkes Copy Share Image
“A warm sunny evening, the plash and gurgle of the waves in the rock pools, the rush of the cold gin. I… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“I know you would be watching over me all through this journey called life... whenever I look next to me, I feel… — Santonu Kumar Dhar Copy Share Image
Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the… — Brian Helgeland Copy Share Image
I am a former newspaper reporter turned church secretary turned vampire novelist. I wrote my first complete novel, 'Nice Girls Don't Have… — Molly Harper Copy Share Image
Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at… — Linn Ullmann Copy Share Image
“As a historical novelist, there is very little I like more than spending time sorting through boxes of old letters, diaries, maps,… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
A downside to being a successful novelist? Wow - I can't imagine one. — Andrew Sean Greer Copy Share Image
That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think,… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
“All I need to do is place my pen against paper and your love writes for me.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Not writing is never an option. This is not words of advice. It just literally never an option!” — Lillian R. Melendez Copy Share Image
People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
I'm a big, bombastic novelist and thrill-ride guy. I'm never going to win the National Book Award. — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to make things up. — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“On Twitter, people who had read my book followed me and I could see what else they were reading, why they'd liked… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“I'm a novelist by trade and my job is to write a story rather than reconstruct actual events.” — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm a successful novelist, and I've been a lucky one, so I don't want to cry the poor mouth. Writing has never… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
I never thought I would become amazing. I never thought I would be as great as my father. I would like to… — Lucy Hawking Copy Share Image
