Quote by Haruki Murakami

Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists can't trust…

— Haruki Murakami

“Novelists don’t have answers and ones that do I'm not sure you should trust.”

— David Mitchell

Like most novelists, I like to do exactly the opposite of what I'm told. It's in my nature as a novelist. Novelists can't trust…

— Haruki Murakami

There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I…

— Dan Simmons

“A writer writes to a great extent to be read (let's admire those who say they don't, but not believe them).”

— Albert Camus

Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up.

— Dan Poynter

It is true that novelists are shameless and obey no decent law, and they are not to be trusted on any account, but some…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“I'm more excited than I'll admit when my hand closes around the paperback. It's like I've been handed a secret, a piece of her…

— Amy Matayo

“Books are a weird collaboration between author and reader: You trust me to tell a good story, and I trust you to bring it…

— John Green

“One must not put trust in novelists, Beth; they create worlds to fit their own needs and drive their characters mad in doing it.”

— Mary Robinette Kowal

“Novels should reflect reality to some extent, otherwise they risk being sentimental.”

— Marc Levy

Don’t ever trust anyone who’s writing a book. They make up lies for a living.

— Rosemary Clement-Moore