I read too many romance novels during my formative years. I have a penchant for romantic comedies. I understand why 'Romeo and… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
When I write a novel, I want it to be completely different from a screenplay. I'm very conscious of the difference, and… — Kazuo Ishiguro Copy Share Image
I'm just interested in serialization in fiction. I'm fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I'm interested in ways to bring… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
The point about 'state-of-the-nation' novels is not that they should be about the 'state-of-the-nation', but they should be about people. — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
I never could read science fiction. I was just uninterested in it. And you know, I don't like to read novels where… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
If I had killed Crow off I can think of least six novels I would never have written, 400,000 words' worth of… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
You're able to do things in novels: introduce subplots, other characters, thematic layers and so on, in a way that you simply… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
A Scanner Darkly' is one of Dick's bleakest novels, and almost certainly his saddest. — Mark Fisher Copy Share Image
“If you only write when you’re inspired you may be a fairly decent poet, but you’ll never be a novelist because you’re… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
People read vampire novels and say, 'Oh I want to read another vampire novel.' People read fantasy, and they're like, 'Oh I… — David Levithan Copy Share Image
“A novel is not an allegory, I said as the period was about to come to an end. It is the sensual… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
If you read novels of the 19th century, they're pretty experimental. They take lots of chances; they seem to break a lot… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
I don't think Ireland has ever had a genius for the novel. Of course, there were plenty of Irish novels, but I… — Lady Gregory Copy Share Image
It's true that immigrant novels have to do with people going from one country to another, but there isn't a single novel… — Oscar Hijuelos 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
“There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children’s book.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
Publishers send me a lot of first novels because my first novel was the defining novel of my career, and I guess… — Jay McInerney Copy Share Image
I like dialogue in novels. I wanted to avoid laying history on with a trowel - appearing to be lecturing, as opposed… — Elliot Perlman Copy Share Image
While I'm interested in philosophy, I find all the different theories out there somewhat difficult to get a firm grip on. Movies… — Douglas Lain Copy Share Image
Faction is that hybrid of documented fact and novelistic elaboration. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
