Books Quote by Evelyn Waugh

Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.

— Novalis

'The Slap' is not like anything else. It's an incredibly well-written novel that has been turned into a great and intriguing series that reveals…

— Essie Davis

I think a novel has to be about where you are at a given moment in time. I think it really needs to represent…

— Maria Semple

I've got a pen, and I've got a phone, and I can use that pen to sign executive orders and take executive action. I've…

— Barack Obama

It takes me two to three years to write a novel. A screenplay is 100 pages and takes five years.

— Nick Hornby

I've heard Stephen King say that when you write a novel you end up revealing everything about yourself.

— Ernest Cline

I'm pretty hardcore. I stick exactly to what I'm doing. So I write a novel in one period, and then I'll write stories in…

— T.C. Boyle

“To write a novel, you begin with what you can see and then you add what came before and what came after.”

— Thomas Harris

If you get trapped in your head and out of your body during the writing process, it's very easy to make wrong turns. You…

— Soman Chainani

When people write a novel, they want to have that reach and that impact. To get it with a first novel, you can either…

— Irvine Welsh

I don't assume, because I can write screenplays, that I know how to write a novel. It's a very different world. There's a craft…

— Melissa Rosenberg

“I'm going to write a novel and get it published. I'm going to do it because writing a novel is worthwhile and because I…

— Randy Ingermanson