Books Quote by Dave Gibbons

People unacquainted with graphic novels, including journalists, tend to think of 'Watchmen' as a book by Alan Moore that happens to have some illustrations.…

— Dave Gibbons

I think the problem with the term graphic novel is it sounds pompous, it sounds pretentious, whereas on the continent, they call it an…

— Dave Gibbons

I think graphic novels are closer to prose than film, which is a really different form.

— Denise Mina

When I read 'Watchmen,' it changed my view of so many things. It was the first time I'd read a graphic novel really like…

— Joel Silver

Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate…

— Stephen Fry

One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been imagining what…

— Martin Filler

Writing a graphic novel is hard. It feels closer to a screen play than to a novel.

— Janet Evanovich

I'm not not a fan of graphic novels, but it's not like one of my pastimes, reading graphic novels.

— Bel Powley

To me any given story has its appropriate form. There might be some story I get involved with that's begging to be a graphic…

— Dave Eggers

I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel.

— Ted Rall

There is, in my mind, no higher compliment to pay a non-fiction book than to say it reads like a novel.

— Jon Weisman

When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.

— Ted Rall