Books Quote by Cassandra Clare

One must always be careful of books,' said Tessa, 'and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.' 'I'm not…

— Cassandra Clare

Novels are fictions and therefore they tell lies, but through those lies every novelist attempts to tell the truth about the world.

— Paul Auster

“Novels should reflect reality to some extent, otherwise they risk being sentimental.”

— Marc Levy

But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be…

— Diane Johnson

“I saw you waving that hacksaw at the Dark Sisters,” Will pointed out. “And if I recall correctly, Lady Audley’s secret was, in fact,…

— Cassandra Clare

They say truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, but there's such a thing as believability when you're writing a novel.

— Kevin Kwan

In one deep sense, novels are concealed autobiography. I don't mean that you are telling facts about yourself, but you are trying to find…

— Robert Penn Warren

“The real measure of 'truth' in any novel is not whether the characters, places and events portrayed exist beyond the pages of the book,…

— Graeme Macrae Burnet

“This book is fiction, but there is always a chance that such a work of fiction may throw some light on what has been…

— Ernest Hemingway

“That’s the only problem with novels,’ Mia said. ‘They give readers such high hopes that the real world can often be a bit of…

— Victoria Connelly

“Tessa craned her head back to look at Will. “You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know…

— Cassandra Clare

“A novel, though fiction, often speaks to the largest truths.”

— Mark Rubinstein