Book Quote by Ann Patchett

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.

— Ann Patchett

All my books are made up of other books. They're all deeply structured on other fiction, because I was a student in fiction and…

— Zadie Smith

With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that the books have a life of their own, quite apart from me.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“It perplexes me how many people write books where everyone comes from the same basic set of backgrounds—middle class, white, straight, etc. It's like…

— Scott Westerfeld

I always joke that every novel is really about the same thing: one person's struggle against society.

— Joshua Mohr

We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they…

— Libba Bray

Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the…

— E. L. Doctorow

Each of my novels has come from a different place, and the processes are not always entirely conscious. I have lived off and on…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A novelist writes a novel, and people read it. But reading is a solitary act. While it may elicit a varied and personal response,…

— August Wilson

The novel I am constantly writing is always the same one, and it might be described as a variously sliced-up or torn-apart book of…

— Robert Walser

In many respects most of the books I write deal with well-known people. I think of those books as more about me than about…

— Adam Braver

All my novels are rooted in their time and in their place.

— Amos Oz