I have this prejudice that trilogies are long, three-volume novels. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off. — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
I think there is often a 'what if' proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels. — John Irving Copy Share Image
Will Shatner, Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek have already put novels out. — Bruce Boxleitner Copy Share Image
“...novels do not begin the way you want them to, but the way they want to.” — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones. — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
Do your bit to save humanity from lapsing back into barbarity by reading all the novels you can. — Richard Hughes Copy Share Image
Six books after the surprises of 'Full Dark House,' the Bryant and May novels continue to stay within the bounds of formula… — Sarah Weinman Copy Share Image
Ideally, I would like everyone in the world to read and love my novels. In fact, I can't believe that everyone in… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Reading is a pleasure, yes, but not without effort: choosing to read novels purely because they mirror your own experience is stultifying. — Dawn Foster Copy Share Image
The difference between graphic novels and web comics is even greater than graphic novels and story boarding. Web comics really is a… — Doug TenNapel Copy Share Image
I like Victorian children's novels extremely a lot. If I would say I collect anything, that's what I'll hunt for now and… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
I hope people will like my novels after I'm dead. And I hope my children think about me in good ways, by… — Clyde Edgerton Copy Share Image
I love to read stories. And I don't to get to talk about my favorite novels very often in my job. — Hope Jahren Copy Share Image
All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at… — John Banville Copy Share Image
For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha… — John Updike Copy Share Image
French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
I was pretty dead set against ever writing an academic novel. It's always been my view that there are already more than… — Richard Russo Copy Share Image
“The novel was set in an unspecified near future, because setting a novel in the present in a time of unprecedented technological… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Shades of Grey. I haven't read it yet, but what you have to read carefully, is “Story of O” by the French… — Theo Hutchcraft Copy Share Image
Seven of my novels take place in the Southwest, in the Four Corners area which has been my home since 1973. I… — Will Hobbs Copy Share Image
The strange thing, though, is that most people who write novels these days seem to be aware of only a fraction of… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Novels teach you that actions have consequences. They help you grow up. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days. — Richard Wright Copy Share Image
“Part of the desire to see each other succeed is to stop putting a price on success.” — Crystal Evans Copy Share Image
“One did not drink sherry before the evening, just as one did not read a novel in the morning.” — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“Ideas are cheap. Writing them into a freakin' 90k word novel is the hard part.” — Ellie Ann Copy Share Image
I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people. — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
As far as I am concerned, I write novels, and other people can do the labelling. — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
After 30 novels, release day is still a thrill. It's always a little bittersweet, too. — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
For me, novels coalesce into being, rather than arrive fully formed. — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
