My self-publishing adventure led to my work being picked up by a traditional publisher and eventually hitting the bestseller lists. That led… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I envisioned that as my life: staying in academia to make a living and then taking summers off to write my novels. — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
Novels teach you that actions have consequences. They help you grow up. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
I like to take people you wouldn't really think people would write novels about: an aqueduct engineer, a code-breaker, a hedge-fund manager.… — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“A great literary classic should not require an introductory essay and ten pages of footnotes to be understood. It should require a… — Alok Mishra Copy Share Image
Nobody has ever written as many enjoyable, fun-to-read crime novels as Agatha Christie. It's all about the storytelling and the pleasure of… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
I'd never really considered doing young-adult novels, but one of the things that a friend pointed out to me is that I've… — Michelle Gagnon Copy Share Image
The only thing that matters to me about my stories is that they're entertaining and they're funny. And I tend to get… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“As it is I'm a dated novelist, whom hardly anybody reads, or if they do, most of them don't understand what I… — Patrick White Copy Share Image
I was writing all my childhood. And I wrote two novels when I was 17, which were terrible. And I'm not sorry… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
Well, the medium of film is so different than a book that just by bringing it into visual storytelling is to change… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
I love writing novels, even if only a few thousand people read them. Here's my soul; I hope it appeals to your… — Mark O'Donnell Copy Share Image
“I think the reason novels are regarded to have so much more 'information' than films is that they outsource the scenic design… — Brian Christian Copy Share Image
“...While I rather doubt whether, as has often been claimed, everyone has at least one novel inside them, it is undeniably true… — Richard C. Cox Copy Share Image
I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance,… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
You'll notice that my books offer great variety. Some are for adults, some for children and some for teens. There are mysteries,… — Sonia Levitin Copy Share Image
Look at Austen. In her novels, you get a dance, followed by an encounter, followed by a letter, then a period of… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
My crime novels are highly structured. I never start out with a dead body. I start with an impossible scenario. Opening questions… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
Everything is personal - the poems and the crime novels. I have never been involved in any murders, but there are strong… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St.… — Tadashi Shoji Copy Share Image
I love research. Sometimes I think writing novels is just an excuse to allow myself this leisurely time of getting to know… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound. — William Lashner Copy Share Image
