I started writing because I wanted to write scripts, but I wasn't very good at it. Then I started writing short stories,… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“Different narrative forms naturally lend themselves to different aspects of existence. The novel is ideal for presenting the inner lives of its… — Todd Alcott Copy Share Image
Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Novels are so much unrulier and more stressful to write. A short story can last two pages and then it's over, and… — Aimee Bender Copy Share Image
“While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“A novel is always more complicated than it seems at the beginning. Indeed a novel should be more complicated than it seems… — John Irving Copy Share Image
My early novels were very understated and English. Fourteen years ago, I met and married my American husband, and as I learned… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
When you're 14, anything with a sword and a dragon is pretty cool. But when you're 21 and you've read 2,000 fantasy… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I mean, every novel's a historical novel anyway. But calling something a historical novel seems to put mittens on it, right? It… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
The early readers are in-between books for the kids who aren't ready for novels yet but are done with my picture books.… — Grace Lin Copy Share Image
“I find novels compose my mind. Do you read novels too? - Reverend Finch's wife” — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
There's something really nice about writing something on Wednesday and watching it being performed live for a studio audience on Tuesday. You… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I've learned to accept the fact that my students are far too busy preparing for their own legal careers to care one… — Alafair Burke Copy Share Image
In writing, I'm totally anti-plans of any kind. All my attempts to plan and plot novels have come to grief, and in… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
I always tell my students, 'If you walk around with your eyes and ears open, you can't possibly live long enough to… — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Ideas are cheap. Writing them into a freakin' 90k word novel is the hard part.” — Ellie Ann Copy Share Image
“The anxiety, which in this state of their attachment must be the portion of Henry and Catherine, and of all who loved… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Critics are not creators. They rarely write great novels, invent new technologies, or come up with a great business idea. — Jacqueline Leo Copy Share Image
I do seem to have a lot of family secrets in my novels. I guess I'm one of those writers who is… — Nancy Werlin Copy Share Image
Novels by British writers are among my favorites because our family has enjoyed travel in England and because they are written with… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
I give people 'If You Came Softly' when they demand proof that novels for teens can be as good as the best… — Justine Larbalestier Copy Share Image
“I like what I do. Some writers have said in print that they hated writing and it was just a chore and… — Cormac Mccarthy Copy Share Image
If you came from Mars and tried to analyse British or American society through novels, you'd think our society was preponderantly full… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
