I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
I didn't intend to be a novelist. I didn't intend to be anything. I thought I'd be a journalist. — Alex Garland Copy Share Image
There are two ways to look at my publishing career. One is that I'm a novelist churning out books, who is eight… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
The trick to being a novelist is to act like an iceberg. Make it seem as if you're displaying only one-tenth of… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
The art of the novelist is not unrelated to the illness of multiple personality disorder. It's a much milder form. But the… — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
The pull of history has been a strong theme in my life as a novelist. — Anita Shreve Copy Share Image
“I think there really is no other way to write a long, serious novel. You work, shelve it for a while, work,… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
Pundits always have something to write about; the novelist just has a blank screen. — Simon Mawer Copy Share Image
He was interviewed in the early '60s by a young novelist, Pati Hill. — George Plimpton Copy Share Image
“I'm a professional writer and I consider it part of my job to publicise my work and these days part of that… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The novelist has a responsibility to adhere to the facts as closely as possible, and if they are inconvenient, that's where the… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I like to think of myself as an unmediated novelist - or perhaps a national novelist. — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“Mathias shrugged. After all, a criminal lawyer is not concerned with facts. He is concerned with probabilities. It is the novelist who… — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
I think that's the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing. — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
“I wish people would think of me as a musician who writes novels, instead of a novelist who writes music on the… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The contemporary American novelist benefits in a way from being ignored. It makes you angrier and makes you want to go into… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“A friend worth knowing tolerates your flaws while a friend worth keeping loves you in spite of them.” — Kathy Reinhart Copy Share Image
As a novelist, there are three phone calls you never expect to receive in your lifetime because if you waited for them… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
“Life is full of beautiful moments. Live your life to the fullest. And do what you love.” — Santonu Kumar Dhar Copy Share Image
I have tried very hard as a novelist to say, 'Novels are about individuals and especially larger than life individuals.' — Bharati Mukherjee Copy Share Image
“As a matter of fact I don’t care two pins about accuracy. Who is accurate? Nobody nowadays. If a reporter writes that… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“I remember calling the council's cemetery department to ask about body decomposition in different soil types. Once they had verified that I… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
