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Novels Quotes by Lev Grossman
- One already feels like an anachronism, writing novels in the age of what-ever-this-is-the-age-of, but touring to promote them feels doubly anachronistic. The marketplace is showing…
- I read Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, which I think will subsequently be recognized as one of the first great novels of the…
- Every year the literary press praises dozens if not hundreds of novels to the skies, asserting explicitly or implicitly that these books will probably not…
- I read a lot of literary theory when I was in graduate school, especially about novels, and the best book I ever read about endings…
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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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Anthony Bourdain
- My stories run up and bite me on the leg - I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the… — Ray Bradbury
- Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence - a lot passes you by - simply because your attention is otherwise… — 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… — 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