Basically, all novelists should want to tell a story, and if they don't want to, they shouldn't be novelists. I think story-telling is important and underrated. — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
It is an author's primary duty to entertain. Sling out all the philosophical terms, but keep the reader turning the page. — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
It was tremendously exciting to discover that science was not destroying religion, as people popularly believe, but that it could cast light on theism… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
“Think of me as the porter . . . and consider the possiblity that life might be less exhausting if you unloaded some of… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
I can't complain about the way I've been marketed because it's been so successful. — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
“One wonders what would happen in a society where there were no rules to break. Doubtlessly everyone would quickly die of boredom.” — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
if you pursue the truth far enough you always wind up in the land of paradox. You reach a point where the apparent truth… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
“No race on earth is as clever at being strangers as the British. They wrap themselves in formality, they withdraw behind veil after veil… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
If you are a Christian, you want to give as much as you can away. It sounds pious, but it's not a duty; it's… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
“No demon can withstand the power of Christ,” said my father, repeating the words he had used long ago, and what he meant was… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
“The organist was almost at the end of the anthem’s long introduction, and as the crescendo increases the cathedral began to glitter before my… — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
“So many people fail to realise that the greatest journey one can ever take is the journey to the very centre of one’s being.” — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
“My first recommendation...will be that you should have a holiday. You are worn out by all your unhappiness.” — Susan Howatch Copy Share Image
