“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
I'm a geek - I read fantasy novels, I play 'World of Warcraft,' I'm a massive gamer, I have 'Star Trek' outfits. — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
“God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
As an undergraduate at Amherst College, I was devoted to Dickensian novels and antiestablishment journalism while marginally fulfilling premedical requirements. — Harold E. Varmus Copy Share Image
“Women create an idealized, hopeful vision for the future to inspire other women. Fiction and fantasy are the crucial first steps to… — Maya Rodale Copy Share Image
You could say that all novels are spy novels and all novelists are spy masters. — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
It's an article of faith that the novels I've loved will live inside me forever. — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“God is going to send you someone that will rescue you. Then one day you will rescue them in return and together… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
In seventh grade, with some vague sense that I wanted to be a writer, I crouched in the junior high school library… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
In 2011, I announced that I was going to retire, and my agent panicked. So she says: 'No, no, no. You have… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
When you're writing a novel, you spend four years sitting in your basement and a year waiting for the book to come… — John Green Copy Share Image
I developed the habit of writing novels behind a closed door, or at my uncle's, on the dining table. — Patrick White Copy Share Image
When I was one day old, I learned how to read. When I was two days old, I started to write. By… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
“ The Prodigal Son They gave the deep end of their heart--a hue of crimson red, They whispered their desire and offered… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Take any writer you want in the 19th century: they wrote with quill pens, dipping a piece of goose feather in ink… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
When you're doing characters from famous novels, you have a responsibility as an actor to make it what the writer intended. And… — David Suchet Copy Share Image
I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it,… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
