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I became a virtuoso of deceit. It wasn't pleasure I was after, it was knowledge. I consulted the strictest moralists to learn how to appear,… — Christopher Hampton
You tell me your favorite novelists and I'll tell you whom you vote for, or whether you vote at all. — Stephen Vizinczey
I'm mostly a novelist these days, but I have written short stories in Fantasy, Science Fiction and horror. — Sarah Zettel
I think of a designer as a processor of information — like a scriptwriter or a novelist. — Freeman Thomas
In a sense, the first (if not necessarily the prime) function of a novelist, of ANY artist, is to entertain. If the poem, painting, play… — Brigid Brophy
God is a novelist. He uses all sorts of literary devices: alliteration, assonance, rhyme, synecdoche, onomatopoeia. But of all of these, His favorite is foreshadowing.And… — Lauren F. Winner
Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist. — George Saintsbury
The novelist now usurps the chair of the educator, the pulpit of the preacher, the columns of the journalist. Yet his original purpose of entertaining… — Philip Wylie
But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you… — Beth Henley
I’ve had the pleasure of hearing The Novelists perform live. They are gifted songwriters and talented musicians with strong lead voices. This is a band with… — Daryl Stuermer
As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully. — Taiye Selasi
A novelist is an elephant, but an elephant who must pretend to forget. — Mary McCarthy
All kinds of mysterious phenomena exist in this world, but answers to most of them have come with advances in scientific knowledge. Love is the… — Mo Yan
..there is need for a person to be generally educated. Otherwise you shrivel up much too soon. Whether this means reading the bible (I read… — Peter Drucker
I never met anybody in my life who says, I want to be a critic. People want to be a fireman, poet, novelist. — Leslie Fiedler
Political thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it, The Ascendant is smart, edgy, fast-paced storytelling at its best. Its unlikely hero, Garrett Reilly,… — Alafair Burke
I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself. — John Gregory Dunne
I’d like to be remembered as someone who used their ability as a novelist or as a dramatist to say the things he felt needed… — Budd Schulberg
Listening is crucial for any novelist. Stories & ideas abound. We too often talk about ourselves & block out the richness others may offer. — Mark Rubinstein
Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts. — Janet Malcolm
The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them. — Diane Johnson
What a joy it is to read a book that shocks one into remembering just how high one's literary standards should be.… a tour de… — Noah Richler
The difference between a novelist and someone who tinkers around with writing is this: novelists finish their books. — Unknown Author
By the respectable terms of the modern literary profession, novelists do not preach. And, in fact, there has probably not been a less respectable novelist… — Unknown Author
I met, not long ago, a young man who aspired to become a novelist. Knowing that I was in the profession, he asked me to… — Aldous Huxley

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