Able Quote by Jane Campion

Novels are forged in passion, demand fidelity and commitment, often drive you to boredom or rage, sleep with you at night. They are the…

— David Leavitt

I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.

— Karin Slaughter

Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel.

— Donna Tartt

I love my life, my family and my friends, and I'm drawn to 'relationship' novels because of their affirming focus on the power of…

— Susan Wiggs

Reading a good long novel is in many ways like having a long and satisfying affair

— Stephen King

And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very…

— Sandra Cisneros

When you write a novel you have to live with the characters for a long time. So I prefer short stories. I never wrote…

— Ruskin Bond

Why spend a lifetime reading love stories when you can be a actual character in your own

— M Walder

Once I had started, I discovered the secret pleasure of writing a novel. It's such an immersive, deep commitment. With short stories, you're continually…

— Debra Dean

almost all novels are love stories.

— George Sand

I prefer a great novel, but many novels come with a bunch of novel-y writerliness that feels sort of macho to me, so I…

— Miranda July

I'm interested in female friendships and family relationships. So I don't write the traditional romance, where you just have the hero and the heroine's…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips