“Fiction in general holds little interest for me. Novels, in particular, arouse more suspicion than intrigue. It truly baffles me that any… — Dan Garfat-Pratt Copy Share Image
In writing my historical novels, I have to rely upon my imagination to a great extent. I think of it as 'filling… — Sharon Kay Penman 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 have read a number of books, starting with novels, that I particularly liked. — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
People who actually tell stories, meaning people who write novels and make feature films, don't see themselves as storytellers. — Stefan Sagmeister Copy Share Image
I have been attacked in Turkey more for my interviews than for my books. Political polemicists and columnists do not read novels… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
For novelists, the imagination is everything. The trick is to guide one's imagination using research. I love using old maps. When I… — Edward Rutherfurd Copy Share Image
People lose it when I say this, but I'm a novelist who doesn't read novels. There are lots of good reasons for… — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“The true magic of novels dwells within us individually. Each reader will interpret every single character, scene, and metaphor in a slightly… — Carl Henegan 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
People are so used to reading novels now, they just read a poem straight through to get the meaning. And that's something… — Alice Oswald Copy Share Image
Young adult novels don't shy away from the discussion of weight issues, and 'Blubber,' the tale of an overweight, not-so-sympathetic fifth-grader bullied… — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
I love graphic novels - I love reading them, I enjoyed writing them, I would love to go back and do them… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
“The clock ticks; the taunting rhythm serving as a reminder that forward is the only way we can go. The mechanical heartbeat… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been… — Martin Filler 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
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
The novel that's contemporary in the sense of being wholly 'of now' is an impossibility, if only because novels may take years… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels. — John Burdett Copy Share Image
I've never been good with deadlines. My early novels, I wrote by myself. No one knew I was writing a novel; I… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through… — Varley O'Connor Copy Share Image
“What is so addictive about fiction is that it is the one reliable place in which we can apprehend and participate in… — Rick Gekoski Copy Share Image
