Books Quote by David Frum

“A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true…

— Anonymous

“The most exciting part of writing a novel is when the characters take control of the story”

— Brandt Legg

“What's remarkable about fiction is that it places you in the unusual position of having no trajectory. You stand aside, motives abandoned for the…

— Tom Rachman

A novel must show how the world truly is. Somehow, reveals the true source of our actions.

— Jane Austen

“Alain Robbe-Grillet once wrote that the worst thing to happen to the novel was the arrival of psychology. You can assume he meant that…

— Rabih Alameddine

“…This remains the great deficiency of literature: its imitation of nature cannot prepare you for the main events. For the main events, only experience…

— Martin Amis

“Well, each interpretation of an event, setting or character is unique to each of those who read it because they clothe the author's description…

— Jasper Fforde

“No persons or events mentioned in this book should be confused with real persons or events. Reality is far too strange for that.”

— Jo Nesbø

In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.

— Laura Lippman

“No person or events mentioned in this book should be confused with real persons or events. Reality is far to strange for that.”

— Jo Nesbø

“When you start writing, you may think you will use the book to guide readers down certain paths and through certain themes. But, the…

— M.D. Cliatt

Some like to believe it's the book that chooses the person.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon