Books Quote by Emma Donoghue

I prefer short stories, but publishers would, of course, rather that writers produce novels, since novels are still more commercially viable.

— Charles Baxter

“Even great, best selling writers produce works that fall flat from expectations. This writing thing isn't easy and everything you produce won't be a…

— Nancy Arroyo Ruffin

I've never taken any classes or had formal training in writing novels. At its most basic, I learned how to structure a novel.

— Dennis Green

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.

— David Bezmozgis

I don't plot my books rigidly, follow a preconceived structure. A novel mustn't be a closed system - it's a quest.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I was in Las Vegas, and there was a exhibit of King Tut's tomb, and it was an audio tour. At the very end…

— Jay Asher

In a crime novel, if you are going to have a big revelation in chapter 30, you have to plant the information in chapters…

— Sophie Hannah

I realized I had a novel on my hands, but didn't know where it was going to go. So I thought, 'I'm going to…

— Hari Kunzru

I certainly don't sit down and plan a book out before I write it. There's a phrase I use called "The Valley Full of…

— Terry Pratchett

I never know as a writer when I set out into a novel where it's going to take me.

— Kim Edwards

I live intimately with my characters before starting a book. I cut out pictures of them for my wall. I do time lines for…

— Walter Dean Myers

I have likened writing a novel to going on a journey, with some notion of the destination I will arrive at, but not the…

— Rose Tremain