Novels Quotes

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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
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
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
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
I keep thinking I'll enjoy suspense novels, and sometimes I do. I've read about 20 Dick Francis novels. — Nicholson Baker
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
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
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
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
Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise diverted. — Anita Brookner
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
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
If you like my novels, I commend your good taste. — Rita Mae Brown
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
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
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
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
Love is more pleasant than marriage for the same reason that novels are more amusing than history. — Nicolas Chamfort
At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable. — Raymond Chandler
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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