“Her heart and soul had already spoken. They wouldn’t let Lucas go.” — J.L. Sheppard 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 love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for… — Michael Levitt Copy Share Image
“The only time I've ever learned anything from a review was when John Lanchester wrote a piece in the Guardian about my… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
I plan to live to be 98, so I'll be the guy at Dundas and Yonge flogging a box of mouldy novels. — Michael Winter Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
I don't like to make strong statements. I want to write strong novels... I keep my deep, radical things for my novels. — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
It seems to me that the novel as a medium has a very low signal-to-noise ratio. By which I mean: there are… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Early gay novels such as 'Giovanni's Room' and 'The City and the Pillar' were not nearly as important to me as Isherwood's… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I have always loved and avidly read the novels of Jack London, Jules Verne and Ernest Hemingway. The characters depicted in their… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
It can be difficult workshopping novels because any questions or qualms you have as the author can be like, 'That's next chapter,… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a writer, but the idea of writing novels or movies seemed really intimidating. I never got more than… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
All the old school Young Adult novels inspired me. I grew up reading R.L. Stine, Christopher Pike, Richie Cusick, and so on.… — Jennifer Armentrout Copy Share Image
I grew up reading not-serious literature, like comic books and pulp novels, so my instinct is to amuse the reader and entertain. — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
Personally, I'm a big reader, and I've never wanted any of my favorite novels to be made into movies. — Stephen Moyer Copy Share Image
I've been fortunate in that I never actually read any Jane Austen until I was thirty, thus sparing myself several decades of… — Cathleen Schine Copy Share Image
“I write romance and passion to savour love twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” — Angeline M. Bishop Copy Share Image
I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
I don't believe novels should carry an obvious message. I don't want to write characters you can immediately say are good or… — Christopher Koch Copy Share Image
Writing novels is where I'm most comfortable. It's a very intimate experience. — Matthew Nable Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'The Luminaries,' I read a lot of crime novels because I wanted to figure out which ones made… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
