Books Quote by Donna Leon Download Open image “I never know what's going to happen in a novel. I don't have a plan or an outline.” — Donna Leon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Novel Plans
I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself. — James Herbert Copy Share Image
I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my… — Patricia Reilly Giff Copy Share Image
When I write my novels I don't really have a huge plan beforehand; I don't have the whole plot and architecture, so the story… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
I don't outline or plan ahead when I write a novel. The more I know about what's going to happen, the less interesting it… — Nick Petrie Copy Share Image
I never outline. I don't work from an outline. I have no idea where the book is going. I mean, even two-thirds of the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I never work from an outline, and often I don't know how the story will end. — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end. — Patricia MacLachlan Copy Share Image
I don't see how anybody starts a novel without knowing how it's going to end. I usually make detailed outlines: how many chapters it… — John Barth Copy Share Image
I've realized that with each novel I seem to set out a kind of puzzle for myself. And I am never sure in the… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
When you get ready to write your novel, outline it first. There's nothing worse than getting halfway through and realizing you've painted yourself in… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
I've found that in fiction - and this is just the kind of writer I am - I can't really work from an outline.… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“Vianello had the knack of getting people to talk. Especially if they were Venetians, the people he interviewed invariably warmed to this large, sweet-tempered… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ? — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“even the worst men wanted to be perceived as better than they were. How else could hypocrisy have risen to such delirious levels?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?” “Can you think of a better way to tell?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Helmut thought himself above common morality. Or perhaps he thought he’d managed to create his own, different from ours, better.” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Once, walking with him, Paola had stopped and asked him what he was thinking about, and the fact that she was the only person… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“..if you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think about is… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
