Architecture Quote by Hilton Als

I have a very basic notion of the structure the book might have - that's mostly it. The rest is luck and happenstance.

— Jesse Ball

I've always thought of the book as a visual art form, and it should represent a single artistic idea, which it does if you…

— Chris Van Allsburg

When you look at classical structures, they're often linked to literature, music, or a poem. They were constructed by master builders, which means it's…

— Ma Yansong

There are certain pieces of music that are always attached to certain books.

— Maurice Sendak

I do read everything that we publish. We usually have to have two or three votes for a book before we take it on.…

— James Laughlin

In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are…

— Sidney Sheldon

All my books are about one major idea and two or three subsidiary ones. I have thought a lot about music when constructing books,…

— Sebastian Faulks

The novel should be understood as a structure built to accommodate the greatest possible amount of cool stuff.

— Steven Brust

Once you get into the book, you've got to constantly find your - the rhythm of your prose. And it ends up being quite…

— Bruce Springsteen

A Million Little Pieces. I wanted the stories in the book to ebb and flow, to have dramatic arcs, to have the tension that…

— James Frey

I feel that when I began writing, I had a need to know more about the play before I got into it. I think…

— Tom Stoppard

Books are acts of composition: you compose them. You make music: the music is called fiction.

— E. L. Doctorow