Books Quote by Gail Anderson-Dargatz

I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something…

— John Irving

I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

— John Irving

“A novel is always more complicated than it seems at the beginning. Indeed a novel should be more complicated than it seems at the…

— John Irving

Writing a novel is always complicated, it's not like you snap your fingers and go, 'Ah, I know what I'll write'. For me, a…

— Reif Larsen

Michael Koryta is an amazingly talented writer, and I rank The Prophet as one of the sharpest and superbly plotted crime novels I've read…

— Donald Ray Pollock

Geoff Dyer is an abundantly talented writer.

— Cillian Murphy

Rob Doherty has been a real superstar for us The Mentalist for years. He is an extremely talented writer, and he just tapped into…

— Nina Tassler

“Writers have influenced thoughts, principals, viewpoints and experiences throughout history. A talented writer’s pen is anointed with magic!”

— C. Toni Graham

There is no idea so stupid or hackneyed that a sufficiently-talented writer can't get a good story out of it.

— Lawrence Watt-Evans

The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as ‘Christians’…

— Dallas Willard

I find that truly heartbreaking that, like, it's such a common, constant thing in people's lives - a brutal abuse of people by other…

— Adam Duritz

The discovery that heartbreak is indeed heartbreaking consoles us about our humanity.

— Lionel Shriver