I find screenplays easy to write, my novels being very visual. You see what people look like. The physical action is described. — John Irving Copy Share Image
A lot of people have trouble with their second novel - the dreaded sophomore jinx. I wrote three books in between the… — Claire Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm reading Elena Ferrante's 'Neapolitan' novels. They are amazing. I feel like she gets the entire experience of being a woman. — Konkona Sen Sharma Copy Share Image
You may not be a fan of Twitter-fiction. That's okay. There are novels out there for you - big ones. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
“Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go.” — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I don't read books. I like to read newspapers and magazines, but I've never learnt to enjoy books or novels. — Kid Rock Copy Share Image
I abhor crime novels in which the main character can behave however he or she pleases, or do things that normal people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am honored to have had two Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions made from my novels - 'Silver Bells' and 'Follow the… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
The one author who has influenced my writing the most is the English writer John Fowles, who wrote 'The French Lieutenant's Woman,'… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
The popular books are the novels, dealing with life under all possible conditions, and they are widely read not only because they… — Jane Addams 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
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
Dickens was born in 1812 and died in 1870, having produced fifteen novels, many of which can confidently be called great, as… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Romance novels are tales of brave women taming dangerous men. They are stories that capture the excitement of that most mysterious of… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars' production companies, and… — Jean Hanff Korelitz Copy Share Image
“Novels expose man to the nuances of life through the thought process of their protagonists to form the foundation for its understanding… — B.S. Murthy Copy Share Image
We're all just animals. That's all we are, and everything else is just an elaborate justification of our instincts. That's where music… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
“... the great novels of the world were about three things - death, money and sex. Occasionally a whale.” — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“This is what I love about novels, both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss, to be with you” — John Green Copy Share Image
“"It almost felt like the dolphin of my heart’s desire playing in the ocean of my life." - on writing” — Mariam Kobras 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
Dystopian novels help people process their fears about what the future might look like; further, they usually show that there is always… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was… — Jim Harrison Copy Share Image
I had always been literary, in the sense of loving poetry and discovering novels, but I found my voice, as they say,… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
The books that really made an impact on me were not set in New Zealand. Some were New Zealand novels, but the… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Novels are written, not wished into existence. You have to sit your ass in the chair or nothing gets done. — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
Many people have compared me to the Victorian adventure writer, Rider Haggard. I accept that as a compliment. As a boy growing… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My wife has a good sense of humor, and instead of calling me psychic with my novels, she simply refers to me… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find… — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
Novels for me are how I find out what's going on in my own head. And so that's a really useful and… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
Life is painful and disappointing. It is useless, therefore, to write new realistic novels. We generally know where we stand in relation… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
My first novel, 'You Must be Sisters,' was started in Pakistan. I've wrote several novels and a TV drama set or partly-set… — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
Everything is personal - the poems and the crime novels. I have never been involved in any murders, but there are strong… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
The trouble began with Forster. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six novels. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals… — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
I myself love getting cookbooks and novels that some congenial person has already tried and liked. — Cheryl Mendelson Copy Share Image
I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy. — Deborah Moggach Copy Share Image
“I now understand that writing fiction was a seed planted in my soul, though I would not be ready to grow that… — Sue Monk Kidd Copy Share Image
“Mental Note #50: The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, even though it most desperately wants to. - Notes from Ellen Wasserfeldman” — Alisa Dana Steinberg Copy Share Image
