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But at the same time, I have trouble keeping things out of books, which is why I don't write short stories because they turn into… — Jonathan Coe
But I have always - ever since The Accidental Woman - written novels about individuals attempting to make choices in the context of situations over… — Jonathan Coe
I have written two medical novels. I have never studied medicine, never seen an operation — Taylor Caldwell
I calmed myself by walking into my nearby bookstore and marveling at all the books other people had written. So many people had finished and… — Heidi Julavits
If Murakami's novels are grand enigmas, his stories are bite-sized conundrums. (...) The great pleasure of the new story collection, Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman, is… — Unknown Author
Usually people who do bad things make good writers.I did a lot of bad things, which is why my novels are interesting. — Unknown Author
Fobbit is fast, razor sharp, and seven kinds of hilarious. Thank you, Mr. Abrams, for the much needed salve--it feels good to finally laugh about… — Jonathan Evison
A truly extraordinary work: vivid, passionate and utterly compelling. The Sound of One Hand Clapping is raw as a wound. It opens a world that… — Niall Williams
Language can still be an adventure if we remember that words can make a kind of melody. In novels, news stories, memoirs and even to-the-point… — Constance Hale
For readers worldwide, the attraction of romance novels seems to be that they provide hope, strength, and the assurance that happy endings are possible. Romance… — Leigh Michaels
If politicians can't do it, I want to do it. We have to do it. Artists, put it in paintings. Poets, put it in poems,… — Michael Jackson
Novels begin, not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming - In thinking, not writing. — Joyce Carol Oates
Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read in… — Donald Ray Pollock
Novels shouldn’t aspire to answer questions, and I wouldn’t presume to offer advice about love or marriage in any case. What’s fascinating to me about… — Nell Freudenberger
Not merely one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, but one of the finest ever. Should not be missed — Brian Stableford
Lonesome Dove is a great book that had the rare fortune of being made into a great movie. And now, through Bill Wittliff's photographs, we… — Stephen Harrigan
Magical, yes, but THE SNOW CHILD is also satisfyingly realistic in its depiction of 1920s homestead-era Alaska and the people who settled there, including an… — Andromeda Romano-Lax
People used to expect literary novels to deepen the experience of living; now they are happy with any sustained display of writerly cleverness. — Brian Reynolds
A. E. Maxwell wrote one of the smartest, most consistent PI series in recent memory. Big plots, great villains, and a kickass private eye with… — Tim Maleeny
This is what I love about novels - both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss to be with you where you… — John Green
It is perfectly legitimate to write novels which are essentially prose poems, but in the end, I think, a novel is like a car, and… — Robert Harris
Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my… — Sara Sheridan
Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real. — Sara Sheridan
I do not travel. I am not much of an extrovert, and I'm not much interested in extroverted objects. I do not care for the… — Will Cuppy
I usually have more than one thing I'm working on at once -- I've been working on three different novels. When I get stuck on… — Dan Chaon

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