Book Quote by Bob Dylan

Playing with different genres and perspectives and ways of telling stories is one of the perks of being a novelist, but at the same…

— Linn Ullmann

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

I've learned that writing a book and songwriting have a lot in common - it's all about the honesty and connection with the audience.

— Jimmie Allen

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

With novels, you're representing things. You're not explaining.

— Emma Healey

To know what you want to say is not the best condition for writing a novel. Novels go happiest when you discover something you…

— Norman Mailer

I don't put a lot of description in the books because I write books the way I like to read them, and that is…

— Michael Connelly

I sometimes think I should write a book. I've seen some things, you know, but it's all there in the songs.

— Dizzee Rascal

Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one…

— Stephen King

In music, you can use metaphors with ease - if a person doesn't understand the parable, they can still enjoy the melody of the…

— Cat Stevens

Throughout my career I've struggled to encourage people to read my books on a more metaphorical level. I'm less attached to my settings than,…

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Most writers are drawn to what is unknown, rather than what is clear in any tale.

— Hannah Kent