Novel Quotes

2432 Novel quotes by 1347 unique authors

How often one reads a contemporary full-length novel and thinks quietly, mutinously, that it would have worked out better at half or a third the… — Ian Mcewan
Writing in a near frenzy is wonderful and freeing, but for me, it did not result in a nice, shiny novel. Instead, what I have… — Erin Morgenstern
I think instead writers and publishers and readers need to go to the places where people are, and make the argument that there is great… — John Green
When I began to write seriously, 40 years ago now, my chosen form was the novel. — William Nicholson
Madly, futilely, I wrote novel after novel, eight in all, that failed to find a publisher. I persisted because for me the novel was the… — William Nicholson
Everyone deserves to be the hero of a novel. — William Nicholson
A logic proof is: you get a starting point and an ending point, and you have to get there through all these different steps and… — Heidi Julavits
Growing up devouring horror comics and novels, and being inspired to become a writer because of horror novels, movies, and comic books, I always knew… — Colson Whitehead
Writing in a near-frenzy is wonderful and freeing but, for me, it does not result in a nice shiny novel. Instead what I have is… — Erin Morgenstern
The novel has always been the form that incorporates other forms. For me, it has always been the ultimate medium. — Chad Harbach
I think escapism is very important, certainly in my life. I love nothing more than escaping into the world of a film or a novel.… — Ben Barnes
The state of childhood resonates with life inside a fantasy novel. If you have no control over how you spend large chunks of your day,… — David Mitchell
The process of writing a novel begins with a pang, a moment of recognition, and a situation, a character, or something you read in a… — Martin Amis
Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh… — Michael Koryta
My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of… — Joanna Trollope
Well, for people who want to write best sellers, the best advice I can give is to say that the novel has to engage the… — Ken Follett
I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I became interested in… — Ken Follett
The Pacific Northwest, and particularly Whidbey Island, is extremely suited to be a location in a novel. — Elizabeth George
I have to know the killer, the victim and the motive when I begin. Then I start to create the characters and see how the… — Elizabeth George
I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book led… — Jennifer Chiaverini
Rather than a teaching tool, I think a novel is more of a witnessing entity. A witnessing entity? What is that? I just want the… — Lorrie Moore
Although when I start a novel I know how it will begin and end, I like to let the people within the story take me… — Cecelia Ahern
The short story is an imploding universe. It has all the boil of energy inside it. A novel has shrapnel going all over the place.… — Colum McCann
My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
My son, Wolf, was born when I was past 40 and the author of a best-selling novel. That means he has grown up a middle-class… — Dorothy Allison

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