Character Quote by Chris Cleave

I try to write about things, places, events, and phenomena I know about personally. That helps make the novels more genuine.

— Lincoln Child

I've always wanted to be a novelist, so I just try to write really great narrative.

— Peter Heller

I find the characters in my head and the more I write about them, the better I get to know them.

— Charles de Lint

I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article…

— Amy Waldman

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

— David Mitchell

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover…

— Frederick Wiseman

I am not much of a researcher as a novelist; I write mainly from experience.

— Mohsin Hamid

I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I'm reviewing a book or doing research.

— Anonymous

I love doing the research for the novels. For me, the writing is hard work.

— Clive Cussler

I think one of the good things about writing novels is that you always start from scratch.

— Maria Semple

I am a novelist at heart.

— Vera Nazarian

When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between.

— Salman Rushdie