Best Quote by Elif Batuman

In my mind what novels do best is that they immerse us deeply into our character's world - they truly transport us deep into…

— Junot Diaz

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

I do like books to be quite an intense experience, and that's the kind of novel I respond to as a reader.

— Jed Mercurio

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

— William Styron

I used to love reading, but since I've started writing, it's harder for me to immerse, because I spend so much time looking at…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

To keep an active mind, I find that reading novels is really good.

— Alison Pill

I feel like the books that I'm reading at any given time will really help me with my work, because it's just more characters,…

— Ellie Bamber

The book is finished by the reader. A good novel should invite the reader in and let the reader participate in the creative experience…

— Alan Lightman

A novel should tell a story, be a pleasure to read, and at the same time it should be thought-provoking, even a bit instructive.

— Olga Tokarczuk

I love the idea of literature as a room or series of rooms that allow you to be present as it slowly unfolds itself…

— Gregory Allen Howard

I like a book to be full of the memory of what it is, a voice in an endless conversation, and yet at the…

— Marilynne Robinson

I read a lot. I am an inveterate reader. I always have a novel going.

— Tom Sizemore