Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Life is'nt about getting everything you want the instant you want it.Some thing are worth waiting for.” — Mira Lyn Kelly Copy Share Image
I wasn't that into crime novels at all, but a friend introduced me to the work of Jim Thompson - I loved… — Jo Nesbo 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
I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough. — Diana Gabaldon 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
Novels are my favorite to write and read. I do like writing personal essays, too. I'm not really a short story writer,… — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
People read romance novel one after another, their searching for the one story better than they could write themselves. — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
“How can 5 judges decide the best book of the year without reading every book of the year? While some lucky authors… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
Since my romance novels had all been thrillers as well, it wasn't such a leap for me to move into the straight… — Tess Gerritsen 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
My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are. No matter how hard I try to do… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
There are some varieties of fiction that I never touch - mystery stories, for instance, which I abhor, and historical novels. I… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“We were too close, I thought, I'd never been so close to him except in a dream or when he cupped his… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
I use all kinds of resources for researching my novels. I'm not shy about calling up experts and asking questions, or emailing,… — Rachel Caine Copy Share Image
“Live your life like the novels that you love to read. Only do the things that when you look back, you are… — Taylor Berke Copy Share Image
Apparently, the city of Delhi is a 'character' in my novels. I'd argue that it's a ... city... in my novels. — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
My novels about medieval Wales were set in unexplored terrain; my readers did not know what lay around every bend in the… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
I've read every one of Donald Goines' books. So as soon as I heard there was an opportunity for one of his… — DMX Copy Share Image
We love fantasy novels in which the characters think that they're peasants but turn out to be princes and kings. — Matthew Tobin Anderson Copy Share Image
But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In ordinary detective novels you never see the consequences of what happens in a story in the next book. That you do… — Anonymous 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
I think novels just really show us the deepest parts of people's hearts, and you cannot walk away anymore and say, "I… — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
“Great writers experience their dreams. They put them on paper, where others can read about them.” — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
I'd love to adapt more contemporary novels. But there isn't really enough story and character to make a really satisfying serial, so… — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
All middle-class novels are about the trials of three, all upper-class novels about mass fornication, all revolutionary novels about a bad man… — Christina Stead Copy Share Image
Novels should be judged rigorously. Either a book works or it doesn't. The fact that something is true in the real world… — Akhil Sharma 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
I myself am pathetically impressed when I meet writers of very long novels. How can they spend so many hundreds of hours… — Arthur Smith Copy Share Image
“Best or worst, novels are all the same. Nothing but love, love, love; what silly nonsense it is! Why don’t people write… — George Gissing Copy Share Image
I don't read novels that are looking to convince me of anything. I believe that literature needs to be a machine of… — Sergio Chejfec Copy Share Image
“If every book was judged by its cover, very few would be read; education would be limited, and fewer movies would be… — Ellen J. Barrier 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
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“I am very careful about who I choose to build memories with. Some of them might last a lifetime.” — Angélica Calheiros Copy Share Image
I'm no lyrical stylist; you wouldn't pick me for a perfect sentence, and I certainly wouldn't describe my novels as intellectual. — Joanna Trollope Copy Share Image
I almost always use first person voice in my novels. It has its limitations, but it gives a sense of immediacy that's… — Laurie Graham Copy Share Image
The great thing about novels is that you can be as unshy as you want to be. I'm very polite in person.… — Nicholson Baker Copy Share Image
I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced. — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
