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title: "47 Read Novel Quotes by 39 authors"
description: "Browse 47 Read Novel quotes by 39 authors. Discover the best Read Novel sayings and thoughts."
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> [To read a novel is a difficult and complex art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/to-read-a-novel-is-a-difficult-and-complex-art/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [If you read a novel in more than two weeks, you don't read the novel really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/if-you-read-a-novel-in-more-than-two-weeks-you-don-t-read-the-novel/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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> [“Someone who hasn't read a novel doesn't really know what it's about, William.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-irving/someone-who-hasn-t-read-a-novel-doesn-t-really-know-what-it-s-about/)

[John Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-irving/)

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> [When I want to read a novel, I write one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-disraeli/when-i-want-to-read-a-novel-i-write-one/)

[Benjamin Disraeli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-disraeli/)

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> [I never read a novel, they have so little real life and thought in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-never-read-a-novel-they-have-so-little-real-life-and-thought-in-them/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“While we read a novel, we are insane - bonkers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/while-we-read-a-novel-we-are-insane-bonkers/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [It's kind of a test when you read a novel thinking about its potential for the screen: How does it play on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debra-granik/it-s-kind-of-a-test-when-you-read-a-novel-thinking-about-its/)

[Debra Granik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debra-granik/)

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> [When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-craig/when-you-read-a-novel-your-own-imagery-is-the-most-important-it-s/)

[Daniel Craig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-craig/)

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> [To read a novel is to wonder constantly, even at moments when we lose ourselves most deeply in the book: How much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orhan-pamuk/to-read-a-novel-is-to-wonder-constantly-even-at-moments-when-we-lose/)

[Orhan Pamuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orhan-pamuk/)

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> [I read the novel 'Miracle at St. Anna' when it was first released, and I loved it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-benson-miller/i-read-the-novel-miracle-at-st-anna-when-it-was-first-released-and-i/)

[Omar Benson Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-benson-miller/)

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> [Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/nothing-induces-me-to-read-a-novel-except-when-i-have-to-make-money/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [When you read a novel, you know what to expect because you've been reading novels for a long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alejandro-zambra/when-you-read-a-novel-you-know-what-to-expect-because-you-ve-been/)

[Alejandro Zambra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alejandro-zambra/)

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> [I hope readers will do what I do when I read a novel I like: talk in ways that will illuminate their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-quindlen/i-hope-readers-will-do-what-i-do-when-i-read-a-novel-i-like-talk-in/)

[Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-quindlen/)

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> [Wonderful thing about novels is that sometimes we read a novel and we know the person in the novel more than we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/wonderful-thing-about-novels-is-that-sometimes-we-read-a-novel-and-we/)

[Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/)

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> [“She lay on the bed to read a novel; she wanted to forget that bitter conversation and be carried along by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alejandro-zambra/she-lay-on-the-bed-to-read-a-novel-she-wanted-to-forget-that-bitter/)

[Alejandro Zambra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alejandro-zambra/)

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> [I'm reading 'Ten Storey Love Song' by Richard Milward. I read his first novel, 'Apples,' after hearing a reading of his in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jed-mercurio/i-m-reading-ten-storey-love-song-by-richard-milward-i-read-his-first/)

[Jed Mercurio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jed-mercurio/)

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> [I read scripts movie, TV and theater. I read every novel that is published. I read every book that comes out on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/van-heflin/i-read-scripts-movie-tv-and-theater-i-read-every-novel-that-is/)

[Van Heflin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/van-heflin/)

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> [“You should read the novel in order to live, to feel, to tell someone the hidden secret of it. Read as if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-brynstein/you-should-read-the-novel-in-order-to-live-to-feel-to-tell-someone/)

Emma Brynstein

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> [Life is but an open Book, with many pages to fulfill. It is soely upon oneself to which the pages shall read.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-d/life-is-but-an-open-book-with-many-pages-to-fulfill-it-is-soely-upon/)

[Mike D](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-d/)

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> [Some people will say, "Why read a comic book? It stifles the imagination. If you read a novel you imagine what people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stan-lee/some-people-will-say-why-read-a-comic-book-it-stifles-the-imagination/)

[Stan Lee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stan-lee/)

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> [“When you read a novel, it seems that everything is clear, trite and understandable. But when you yourself fall in love, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-ruhl/when-you-read-a-novel-it-seems-that-everything-is-clear-trite-and/)

[Sarah Ruhl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-ruhl/)

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> [As a kid, my brother and I would read the same novel, we'd memorize entire pages, reenact the book as it's characters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irena-a-hoffman/as-a-kid-my-brother-and-i-would-read-the-same-novel-we-d-memorize/)

[Irena A. Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irena-a-hoffman/)

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> [A novel is not an allegory… It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/a-novel-is-not-an-allegory-it-is-the-sensual-experience-of-another/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

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> [Certain kinds of things that the novel used to do, which was, "Oh, I'm living out here in West Nowhere, Nebraska and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-franzen/certain-kinds-of-things-that-the-novel-used-to-do-which-was-oh-i-m/)

[Jonathan Franzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-franzen/)

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> [There was a time when the average reader read a novel simply for the moral he could get out of it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/there-was-a-time-when-the-average-reader-read-a-novel-simply-for-the/)

[Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/)

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> [“It's little strange, perhaps, to make this claim at such a late date, but Gatsby really is an outstanding novel. I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/it-s-little-strange-perhaps-to-make-this-claim-at-such-a-late-date/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [“A novel is not an allegory, I said as the period was about to come to an end. It is the sensual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/a-novel-is-not-an-allegory-i-said-as-the-period-was-about-to-come-to/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

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> [I think that when people read fiction, they're really reading for wisdom. I am. That's what most of us really love. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/i-think-that-when-people-read-fiction-they-re-really-reading-for/)

[Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/)

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> [“A novel is not an allegory...it is a sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/a-novel-is-not-an-allegory-it-is-a-sensual-experience-of-another/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

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> [When I read a novel that I really like, I feel as if I am in direct, personal communication with the author.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neal-stephenson/when-i-read-a-novel-that-i-really-like-i-feel-as-if-i-am-in-direct/)

[Neal Stephenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neal-stephenson/)

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> [“Heaven preserve us! what a hotch-potch!” cried Hubert. “Is that what they are doing nowadays? I very seldom read a novel, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-james/heaven-preserve-us-what-a-hotch-potch-cried-hubert-is-that-what-they/)

[Henry James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-james/)

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> [“A sensible person does not read a novel as a task. He reads it as a diversion. He is prepared to interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/a-sensible-person-does-not-read-a-novel-as-a-task-he-reads-it-as-a/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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> [To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/virginia-woolf/to-read-a-novel-is-a-difficult-and-complex-art-you-must-be-capable/)

[Virginia Woolf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/virginia-woolf/)

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> [If you read the novel, you have expectations. And, if you've seen something first, it's just hard to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-grace-moretz/if-you-read-the-novel-you-have-expectations-and-if-you-ve-seen/)

[Chloe Grace Moretz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-grace-moretz/)

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> [One of my favorite things is to first read a novel and then see the movie. I enjoy picturing the characters and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-perri/one-of-my-favorite-things-is-to-first-read-a-novel-and-then-see-the/)

[Camille Perri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-perri/)

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> [A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But reading is a solitary act. While it may elicit a varied and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/august-wilson/a-novelist-writes-a-novel-and-people-read-it-but-reading-is-a/)

[August Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/august-wilson/)

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> [“In fact, while we read a novel, we are insane – bonkers. We believe in the existence of people who aren’t there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/in-fact-while-we-read-a-novel-we-are-insane-bonkers-we-believe-in-the/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [“To me, a recently read novel was like a miniature planet: only a few hours earlier I had been breathing its air…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-schumacher/to-me-a-recently-read-novel-was-like-a-miniature-planet-only-a-few/)

[Julie Schumacher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-schumacher/)

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> [I was a total nerd growing up. I'd rather sit home and read a novel on New Year's Eve and say, 'Wow,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-broderick/i-was-a-total-nerd-growing-up-i-d-rather-sit-home-and-read-a-novel-on/)

[Beth Broderick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-broderick/)

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> [To read a novel requires a certain kind of concentration, focus, devotion to the reading. If you read a novel in more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-roth/to-read-a-novel-requires-a-certain-kind-of-concentration-focus/)

[Philip Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-roth/)

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                        "text": "A novel is not an allegory… It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.",
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                        "text": "Certain kinds of things that the novel used to do, which was, \"Oh, I'm living out here in West Nowhere, Nebraska and I'm curious how the upper class in New York City lives, I guess I'll read a novel about it.\" We don't have to do that now. You just turn on the TV. Turn on Lifestyles Of The Rich And Famous. You can get that information anywhere. Novels don't have to do that anymore.",
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                        "text": "There was a time when the average reader read a novel simply for the moral he could get out of it, and however na?ve that may have been, it was a good deal less na?ve than some of the limited objectives he has now. Today novels are considered to be entirely concerned with the social or economic or psychological forces that they will by necessity exhibit, or with those details of daily life that are for the good novelist only means to some deeper end.",
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                        "text": "“It's little strange, perhaps, to make this claim at such a late date, but Gatsby really is an outstanding novel. I never get tired of it, no matter how many times I read it. It's the kind of a novel that nourishes you as you read, and every time I do, I'm struck by something new, and experience a fresh reaction to it. I find it how such a young writer, only twenty-nine at the time could grasp--so insightfully, so equitably, and so warmly--the realities of life. How was that possible? The more I think about it, and the more I read the novel, the more mysterious it all is.”",
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                        "text": "“A novel is not an allegory, I said as the period was about to come to an end. It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the characters and become involved in their destiny, you won't be able to empathize, and empathy is at the heart of the novel. This is how you read a novel: you inhale the experience. So start breathing.”",
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                        "text": "I think that when people read fiction, they're really reading for wisdom. I am. That's what most of us really love. If we read a novel that rocks our world, it's because there's something in it that we didn't know already. Not just information but really wisdom - sort of what to do with our information. And wisdom comes from experience.",
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                        "text": "When I read a novel that I really like, I feel as if I am in direct, personal communication with the author. I feel as if the author and I are on the same wavelength mentally, that we have a lot in common with each other, and that we could have an interesting conversation, or even a friendship, if the circumstances permitted it. When the novel comes to an end, I feel a certain letdown, a loss of contact. It is natural to want to recapture that feeling by reading other works by the same author, or by corresponding with him/her directly.",
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                        "text": "“Heaven preserve us! what a hotch-potch!” cried Hubert. “Is that what they are doing nowadays? I very seldom read a novel, but when I glance into one, I’m sure to find some such stuff as that! Nothing irritates me so as the flatness of people’s imagination. Common life — I don’t say it’s a vision of bliss, but it’s better than that! Their stories are like the underside of a carpet, — nothing but the stringy grain of the tissue — a muddle of figures without shape and flowers without color. When I read a novel my imagination starts off at a gallop and leaves the narrator hidden in a cloud of dust; I have to come jogging twenty miles back to the denouement. Your clergyman here with his Romish sweetheart must be a very pretty fellow. Why didn’t he marry her first and convert her afterwards? Isn’t a clergyman after all, before all, a man?”",
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                        "text": "“A sensible person does not read a novel as a task. He reads it as a diversion. He is prepared to interest himself in the characters and is concerned to see how they act in given circumstances, and what happens to them; he sympathizes with their troubles and is gladdened by their joys; he puts himself in their place and, to an extent, lives their lives. Their view of life, their attitude to the great subjects of human speculation, whether stated in words or shown in action, call forth in him a reaction of surprise, of pleasure or of indignation. But he knows instinctively where his interest lies and he follows it as surely as a hound follows the scent of a fox. Sometimes, through the author's failure, he loses the scent. Then he flounders about till he finds it again. He skips.”",
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