Books Quote by Anna Quindlen

Despite the war, and bombings, and all the big things that happen to us, the stuff of our lives is small and always will…

— Robert Dessaix

I always try to create conflict and drama in my books; it's the engine of the novel.

— Monica Ali

I'm not the most prolific writer in the world, and, sadly, writing a novel involves a lot of effort.

— Tibor Fischer

I don't know how everyone writes a novel; that sounds exhausting.

— Raphael Bob-Waksberg

The only thing I knew about novels from a technical point of view was that they should have conflict.

— Diana Gabaldon

Working on a novel is very solitary and I get to be the boss. I'm the dictator, so I win every battle. So, in…

— Nicholas Sparks

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

— Jeffery Deaver

To me, novels are a trip of discovery, and you discover things that you don't know and you assume that many of your readers…

— Tom Wolfe

One of the things that happens in novels it's almost like a continual debate with yourself. That's why you're writing the book. It's why…

— Michael Ondaatje

Writing a novel is agony.

— George Orwell

Writing a novel isn't like building a brick wall. You don't figure out how to do it, and then it gets easier each time…

— Kate DiCamillo

A novel is challenging, because you have more story than you need and you have to select and narrow.

— Peter Hedges