“and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments, they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt,… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at… — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I wanted to become a director before I wanted to become a writer. When I was 10, people would ask me what… — Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt Copy Share Image
“La vie ressemble plus souvent à un roman qu'un roman ne ressemble à la vie." ("Life resembles a novel more often than… — George Sand Copy Share Image
The book I made it big with in the U.S. was my fourth book, 'Sanctum.' My novels sell really well both there… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
When I was in college, I had the good fortune to have Joyce Carol Oates as my writing teacher. She told me… — Jonathan Ames Copy Share Image
“Until recently, I was an ebook sceptic, see; one of those people who harrumphs about the “physical pleasure of turning actual pages”… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we need enemies more than we need friends. Mandy Walker” — Laura Wilkinson Copy Share Image
In 25 years of writing novels, I've never had anything that felt like writer's block. — Richard Powers Copy Share Image
There is nothing that's been in any of my novels that, in my view, hasn't been either illuminating surroundings or defining a… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
I think that I altered history in 'Elizabeth,' and I interpreted history far more than Danny Boyle or Richard Attenborough did to… — Shekhar Kapur Copy Share Image
Before novels written by women were relegated to their own 'genre,' I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
“...you mean you don't fit characters into a plot? excatly...” — John Geddes A Familiar Rain Copy Share Image
I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
