My dad goes through war novels like I go through boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Give me an old house full of memories and I will give you hundred novels!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Her heart and soul had already spoken. They wouldn’t let Lucas go.” — J.L. Sheppard Copy Share Image
Novels often have leisurely openings; a TV drama needs an arresting opening. — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
Novels teach the youthful mind to sigh after happiness that never existed. — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I like reading novels because it provides insight into human behavior. — Claire Danes Copy Share Image
I was 35, had always wanted to write novels, and thought that I had better do it while I was young enough. — Diana Gabaldon 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
“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” — Shannon L. Alder 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
“Life is'nt about getting everything you want the instant you want it.Some thing are worth waiting for.” — Mira Lyn Kelly Copy Share Image
“The artist, in making victims of his muses, remasters himself as a hero, saving them from their otherwise inconsequential lives.” — Antonella Gambotto-Burke Copy Share Image
Far more women read fiction than men, and because of this, novels have become marginalised as serious texts. — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you can write about a character's day in under a minute and sometimes it takes a day just to write about… — Jennifer v Clancy Copy Share Image
I watch a lot of teen TV and read a lot of YA novels. I also talk to teens whenever I can.… — Sarah Mlynowski Copy Share Image
When you put on the suits, when you pretend you're honest and you're robbing at a far higher level, these guys deserve… — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
I don't know that any writing comes easily, but I certainly get more immersed in novels. I don't think the routine is… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
A Heart So White is simply one of the best novels I know. I'm also thrilled by Javier Marías sentences, by how… — Garth Greenwell 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
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
“In crime books it's possible to chart forensic technology by how well it has to be explained to a reader. In mid-Victorian… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Readers tell me that my novels are filled with significant mothers. Do I realize this? Do I do it on purpose? The… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
“A novel, in which all is created by the author's whim, must strike a more profound level of truth, or it is… — Steven Brust 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
a novel is not born of a single idea. The stories I've tried to write from one idea, no matter how terrific… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“I write to find strength. I write to become the person that hides inside me. I write to light the way through… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“ The Prodigal Son They gave the deep end of their heart--a hue of crimson red, They whispered their desire and offered… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“The only time I've ever learned anything from a review was when John Lanchester wrote a piece in the Guardian about my… — Colm Tóibín Copy Share Image
“I'm a writer by profession and it's totally clear to me that since I started blogging, the amount I write has increased… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“Ruskin says that anyone who expects perfection from a work of art knows nothing of works of art. This is an appealing… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
