Novelists Quotes

478 Novelists quotes by 343 unique authors

The dominant and most deep-dyed trait of the journalist is his timorousness. Where the novelist fearlessly plunges into the water of self-exposure, the journalist stands… — Janet Malcolm
For me, as a beginning novelist, all other living writers form a control group for whom the world is a placebo. — Nicholson Baker
The few really great-the major novelists ... are significant in terms of the human awareness they promote; awareness of the possibilities of life. — F. R. Leavis
By measuring individual human worth, the novelist reveals the full enormity of the State — Ian Mcewan
One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like. — Leslie Fiedler
All novelists must form their personal pacts in some way with the slowness of their craft. There are some who demand of themselves a 'rate… — Graham Swift
As a novelist, I suppose I can say that I'm highly articulate. But I know, as a person, in other ways, I'm not always articulate.… — Graham Swift
It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically,… — Nathalie Sarraute
Farber had a huge effect on me as a writer. I don't mean I write like him. Farber is, first of all, a great stylist,… — Greil Marcus
To sing a song is quite different than to write a poem. I'm not and never will be a novelist, but to write a novel… — Sam Shepard
Noir is dead for me because historically, I think it's a simple view. I've taken it as far as it can go. I think I've… — James Ellroy
I think the hardest part of writing is revising. And by that I mean the following: A novelist has to create the piece of marble… — Chaim Potok
The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day. — Sophie Kinsella
As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately… — Louis Begley
I don't think I'm a natural novelist. Plot is definitely one of my weaker points. I've been working on it a long time, and it's… — Rick Bass
I think a novelist must be more tender with living or 'real' people. The moral imperative of having been entrusted with their story looms before… — Rick Bass
Yeah, I have the detail-obsessed, controlling personality of a novelist, but I somehow ended up writing plays. — Annie Baker
Even if I couldn't get my early novels published, I could still write. I went into newspapers, where I got paid to write every day.… — Linwood Barclay
Novelists and poets have existed side by side forever. — Stan Brakhage
I think, in common with a lot of novelists, I wasn't the most athletic guy at school. — Chris Cleave
I'm always determined that as a novelist I'm going to go out there and research my characters very thoroughly before I start writing. — Chris Cleave
So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist.… — Lee Child
Novelists are always resisting autobiographical readings of their work, because they know how false those can be. — Jeffrey Eugenides
All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer. — Caio Fonseca
We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic… — Ken Follett

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