Books Quote by James Rollins

“Good science fiction starts with a question "what if...?”

— Franklin Clermont

I think there is often a 'what if' proposition that gets me thinking about all my novels.

— John Irving

I don't base my books on my life (thank goodness) and I don't pick the topic first. In fact, the topic picks me -…

— Jodi Picoult

Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself…

— Tom Clancy

Alternate history fascinates me, as it fascinates all novelists, because 'What if?' is the big thing.

— Kate Atkinson

You can't do science in a novel, but you can do philosophy. Or, if you're really lucky, you can manage to pose a question…

— Scarlett Thomas

The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.

— Joanne Harris

I haven't read a lot of science fiction, and I never intend to write it; it seems to happen a little bit inadvertently for…

— Jennifer Egan

Whenever I start a new book, I think, 'This is the most interesting subject of all time. It's sad, I'll never enjoy writing another…

— Gretchen Rubin

If I write nothing but fiction for some time I begin to get stupid, and to feel rather as if it had been a…

— Charlotte Mary Yonge

The reason I start a novel is because there's something that excites me and I want to explore it.

— Ned Beauman

“What we need in literature today are vast philosophic horizons; we need the most ultimate, the most fearsome, the most fearless 'Why?' and 'What…

— Yevgeny Zamyatin