Novels Quotes
956 quotes by 653 authors
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I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was about 30 that…
— Paul Auster
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I don't think the relationship between novels and realities are one to one. Of course novels play different roles. It's essentially just a long narrative…
— Margaret Atwood
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There's no lack of writers writing novels in America, about America. Therefore, it seems to me it would be wasteful for me to add to…
— Chinua Achebe
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Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It…
— Paul Auster
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I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels.
— Nicholson Baker
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At Oxford University, I studied languages so I could read the great novels as they were originally written. I took what in the United States…
— Kate Beckinsale
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The novels I love, the ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or 'emotional truth'. This quality is difficult to…
— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with…
— Anthony Bourdain
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My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I…
— Ray Bradbury
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Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
— Anita Brookner
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Certainly I'm still mining my experiences as a journalist. I think it's no coincidence that all three of my novels basically are about how people…
— Geraldine Brooks
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Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.
— Rita Mae Brown
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If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.
— Rita Mae Brown
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In England, everyone believes if you think, then you don't feel. But all my novels are about joining together thinking and feeling.
— A. S. Byatt
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It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.
— Jane Campion
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When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more novels…
— John le Carre
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I read novels but I also read the Bible. And study it, you know? And the more I learn, the more excited I get.
— Johnny Cash
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Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history.
— Nicolas Chamfort
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At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.
— Raymond Chandler
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You know, people call mystery novels or thrillers 'puzzles.' I never understood that, because when I buy a puzzle, I already know what it is.…
— Harlan Coben
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