Books Quote by Dave Eggers

That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.

— Jesmyn Ward

I think the main thing to remember when writing a novel is to stay true to the characters.

— Cassandra Clare

Often the most specific stories end up being the most universal.

— Measha Brueggergosman

I always knew writing a novel was a great thing.

— James Salter

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.

— Ann Patchett

“Every novel is brand-new. It’s never been written before in the history of the world. At the same time, it’s merely the latest in…

— Thomas C. Foster

But novels are never about what they are about; that is, there is always deeper, or more general, significance. The author may not be…

— Diane Johnson

To be a classic, a novel should be original.

— Ruth Rendell

My experience is that an original and compelling idea for a novel is a rare thing.

— James Thayer

A book doesn't have to be a literary classic, of course, to change us forever.

— Pico Iyer

What we know about writing the novel is the novel.

— Eudora Welty

All our stories are simultaneously unique and desperately similar, aren't they?

— Douglas Kennedy