About Quote by James Buchan

Foreign novels are less action-oriented. They have a different pace; they’re more reflective. They challenge us to look for the story, find the story…

— Stephanie Perkins

“It is almost impossible to get a novel printed in an English journal unless it is warranted to contain nothing at all to which…

— Grant Allen

At the height of the British Empire very few English novels were written that dealt with British power. It's extraordinary that at the moment…

— Salman Rushdie

Authors do not choose a story to write, the story chooses us.

— Richard Denney

Stories that can be told through language and words don't need to be filmed.

— Jiang Wen

The writer studies literature, not the world.

— Annie Dillard

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

— Michael Scott

The makers of the short story have rarely been good novelists.

— V. S. Pritchett

The British and American literary worlds operate in an odd kind of symbiosis: our critics think our contemporary novelists are not the stuff of…

— Will Self

It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.

— V. S. Pritchett

We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

— Joseph Conrad