Books Quote by Anne Tyler

Judging by the volume of titles published each year, mystery readers are restless in their pursuit of literary escape. They might travel to far-flung…

— Sarah Weinman

... the main concern of the fiction writer is with mystery as it is incarnated in human life.

— Flannery O'Connor

“There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me there is no distinction between the mystery novel…

— John Franklin Bardin

I don't think of myself as a mystery or thriller writer, honestly. I am in awe of mystery writers and don't think I have…

— Celeste Ng

If the book is a mystery to its author as she's writing, inevitably it's going to be a mystery to the reader as he…

— Nicole Krauss

For many years, I read mystery novels for relaxation. But my tastes were too narrow - and, having read all of Agatha Christie and…

— John Updike

Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

— Diana Gabaldon

People love a good mystery; I understand that.

— Eric Kripke

Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience of living…

— Vincent Canby

I'm not a fan of mysteries, so to prepare for this experience of writing a mystery I started reading the most successful ones in…

— Isabel Allende

The appeal of writing is primarily the investigation of mystery.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when I was…

— Natasha Trethewey