Books Quote by Haruki Murakami

Narratives have the same power, I think. Some readers of my novels ask me, "Why do you understand me?". That's a huge pleasure of…

— Haruki Murakami

Good writing works from a simple premise: your experience is not yours alone, but in some sense a metaphor for everyone's.

— Dorianne Laux

my experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there.

— Marion Dane Bauer

“We all fictionalize ourselves in the process of creating a story out of the raw materials of our life. For some it is a…

— Neil McCormick

Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences…

— Jeffery Deaver

The experience of reading a book is always unique. I believe that you render a version of the story, when you read a book,…

— Carlton Cuse

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

— David Leavitt

My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one sees a…

— Anonymous

When you're writing a novel, you're still telling a story. But you're telling it very differently. It's a craft like anything else.

— Howard Gordon

“Just because I'm a writer doesn't mean that my personal experiences are embellished. Every life has a story.”

— Terry a O'Neal

“Now a narrative is a story, not logic, nor ethics, nor philosophy. It is a dream you keep having, whether you realize it or…

— Haruki Murakami

The story of the memoir is a story of me creating certain narratives so that I could live with my own experience and with…

— Melissa Febos