Books Quote by Elizabeth George

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction.

— Philippa Gregory

I consider what I write to be literature. I choose the words carefully.

— Robert Metcalfe

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.

— Kathy Reichs

I sometimes think there is nothing really to be said about a novel but 'read the book.' I have a jaundiced view of literary…

— Mark Kurlansky

I read all kinds of novels, as long as they're good.

— Gillian Flynn

For the judging of contemporary literature the only test is one's personal taste. If you much like a new book, you must call it…

— Ford Madox Ford

I have been aspiring to write some sort of literature for a long time.

— Michael Moore

“For me, where genre ends and literature begins doesn’t matter. What matters is whether a given novel hits me with high impact. If it…

— Donald Maass

I have a really good idea for a novel and would like to just kind of try my hand at fiction. I'm starting to…

— Corey Taylor

I deeply respect literature and expect to gain insight from a book and to identify emotionally with its characters. I therefore avoid reading suspense…

— A. B. Yehoshua

“Any writer must find it difficult to assess her own work honestly and objectively, so I can only say that I hope my books…

— Margaret Maddocks

I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good. And my…

— Joy Fielding