My Novel Quotes

30 quotes by 25 authors

My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my… — Jimmy Carter
My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind… — Edward Abbey
Now, my novel begins. No, now I begin my novelâ€”and yet I cannot decide whether to call myself I or she. — Elizabeth Hardwick
I've been using Steinberg's Cubase exclusively to record and mix my music since the very beginning of my career. It's no exaggeration to say that… — Emilie Autumn
A screenwriter heard me read from my novel 'The Wishbones' when it was still in progress and mentioned me to some producers in Hollywood. They… — Tom Perrotta
I wasted a lot of years working on my writing and very grandly saying, 'And now... My Novel!,' which would soon be reduced to a… — George Saunders
Dare to ask, "Where is my novel too simple?" — Scott Westerfeld
All the others arts are lonely. We paint alone--my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music--ensemble music, not soloism--we… — Catherine Drinker Bowen
I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood. — Georges Simenon
I get very weird and defensive about what I'm working on - I wouldn't even tell my secretary what the next page of my novel… — Joan Juliet Buck
My novel, which I had started with such hope shortly after publishing my first book of stories, wouldn't budge past the 75-page mark. Nothing I… — Junot Diaz
Jacques Derrida is a very important thinker and philosopher who has made serious contributions to both philosophy and literary criticism. Roland Barthes is the one… — Jeffrey Eugenides
I love the movies, and when I go to see a movie that's been made from one of my books, I know that it isn't… — Stephen King
I've always been interested in writing about people, including young children who are not able to speak for themselves. As in my novel 'Black Water,'… — Joyce Carol Oates
I am a businessman at the end of the day. I have grown up with Excel sheets. I start out writing my novel with spreadsheets… — Ashwin Sanghi
I would like to carve my novel in a piece of wood. My charactersâ€”I would like to have them heavier, more three-dimensional ... My characters… — Georges Simenon
Inside the envelope with the letter was a little Princess Leia action figure USB flash drive. (they make these?) For me to store my novel… — Meg Cabot
If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If… — Rita Mae Brown
[My novel] took up the sweetest part of my mind and the rarest part of my imagination; it was like being in love and better.… — Muriel Spark
I recently spoke at a university where a student told me it was such a shame that Nigerian men were physical abusers like the father… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Who Wrote These My Novel Quotes

25 authors contributed a total of 30 My Novel Quotes as follows: