Between Quote by Aleksandar Hemon

A book is basically just symbols arranged to form this story, this world. But on the other hand, books, novels, literature in general, is…

— Shane Warren Jones

It's not the shape,cover, or length of the book that matters. But the story itself

— Veronica Nolan

There are two different forms of storytelling: Novels tend to come from the inside of a character, and movies tend to look at them…

— Walter Kirn

In my experience, a novel is the culmination of various thoughts and impressions collected over time, until something comes along to give them a…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

A novel must work as a story because no one's going to get to the other themes if you don't entertain the reader. But…

— Robert Cormier

I think the path to becoming a writer has become more through the novel. It's easier to get a novel published than a book…

— Jess Walter

When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else.

— Howard Gordon

For a long time, since story collections look almost precisely like novels, I presumed that they were meant to be enjoyed in the same…

— Ben Dolnick

If you are going to judge a book by its cover, don't be disappointed if the story tells a different tale.

— Kos

I have a different purpose in writing each novel. Some of them seem more similar than others, but the purposes are always different.

— Jesse Ball

Television and film are such streamlined story mediums. You can't really meander about, whereas a novel is an interior experience.

— Steven Bochco

I love novels, and I read them more than anything, but stories cut in sharp and hard and are able to reveal things in…

— David Means